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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
trickery.
Years of successful wagers make destiny gamblers so confident in their ability to win any challenge that they invite potential rivals to name the terms of a wager. Those who are foolish enough to
the light of an extinct sun, and another who obtained a fraction of power from the demon lord Orcus. To depict a destiny gambler who won such a wager, you can add one or more of these spells to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Enemies Among Us Even Gauntlgrym isn’t entirely safe, nor is it immune to the influence of the demon lords. During the characters’ time in the city, you can implement one or more of the following
serves one of the demon lords and turns against the adventurers. If any of the party’s drow pursuers survived from the previous chapter, they might slip into Gauntlgrym and look to slay their quarry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
invite. Other times it simply happens, an accident of circumstance we can only hope to survive. However you spin it, this genre involves a loss of control, an absence of autonomy, and the sense of
driven by motivations humans can’t understand. Cults, forbidden books, and strange symbols form the cornerstones of cosmic horror. The genre has a history of framing marginalized demographics as monstrous and stigmatizing mental illness. Be aware and avoid those tropes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
rumored that the Books of Keeping contain the true names of a few demon lords and archdevils as well. Petty jealousies and endless bickering caused the sisterhood to dissolve, and in the ensuing power
this new army, the hags crafted four magic tomes and recorded the true names of every yugoloth they created, save one, the General of Gehenna. These tomes were called the Books of Keeping. Since
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
within the Council of Savants using demonology as a path to power. Since the arrival of the demon lords, he has gathered and bullied several apprentices to participate in rituals aimed to sow chaos in
the demon lord. The cage by the tunnel holds a death dog, watched over by a nervous derro cultist. Atop the platform, Narrak and four more derro cultists are performing a ritual around the statue at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
.
9 Find a gate to the Underworld or Nyx.
10 Consult a demon living in the temple.
11 Discover why the temple was abandoned.
12 Restore the temple to reveal the truth hidden in
. The aboveground section is overgrown with vines and includes the ruins of the main sanctuary, which contains mostly rubble except for a cracked altar and a headless statue. A library of rotting books
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Prancing Pony 6 The Gilded Rose 7 The Running Stag 8 The Howling Wolf 9 The Slaughtered Lamb 10 The Leering Demon 11 The Drunken Goat 12 The Leaping Spirit 13 The Roaring Horde 14 The Frowning Jester 15 The
/vegetables 4 Dried meats 5 Pottery 6 Undertaker 7 Books 8 Moneylender 9 Weapons/armor 10 Chandler 11 Smithy 12 Carpenter 13 Weaver 14 Jeweler 15 Baker 16 Mapmaker 17 Tailor 18 Ropemaker 19 Mason 20 Scribe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
invite potential rivals to name the terms of a wager. Those who are foolish enough to issue a combat challenge quickly find these giants’ magical prowess is nearly unmatched. Destiny Gambler Spell
of a giant who outwitted a celestial being to win a feather imbued with the light of an extinct sun, and another who obtained a fraction of power from the demon lord Orcus. To depict a destiny gambler
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
overturned tables, waterlogged books destroyed by salt water, and a glass wand (the dead wizard’s arcane focus), which is worth 25 gp. 10c. Altar to Juiblex False Altar. In the middle of this 20-foot
demon lord Juiblex. Though ghastly, the depictions are harmless.)
Close examination of the altar reveals that it bears an inscription in Abyssal that reads, “A gift of flesh, willingly given, can feed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
are toppled bookshelves, overturned pieces of furniture, and books and papers strewn everywhere. Scorch marks mar the once-gleaming wood and plush carpets. Only a single sofa in the sanctum’s center is
shares it with the characters: Kas plans to use the rod to free Miska the Wolf-Spider, a powerful demon lord who was trapped in Pandesmos eons ago using the rod. Kas and Miska would then march against
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
speaks to it, the flame responds to him in Graz’zt’s whispered voice, but only when the demon lord is in the mood to talk. A character who examines the brazier and succeeds on a DC 17 Intelligence
(Religion) check realizes that it’s used by worshipers of Graz’zt to commune with the demon lord, who requires a blood sacrifice. As an action, a character can spill some of their own blood into the bowl and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
successful DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Spite alone can use the replica to recall the larger chest, which contains two spellbooks titled Spells of Spite, volumes I and II. These books contain all the
wall above the door and telepathically alerts the drow mage if it detects intruders in the room.
Shrine. A small shrine dedicated to the demon queen Lolth rests atop a nightstand by the bed.
After
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Sylvira Savikas When the characters are ready, they can make their way toward the main keep, a towering edifice housing hundreds of monks and wizards, and thousands of books and scrolls. As they
dressed in wizardly robes stands by one of the windows, caught in a fugue of intense contemplation. Perched on the corner of a table nearby is a spindly little demon with warty green skin, buggy eyes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
demon perches on one of the pillars, waiting to ambush unsuspecting entrants. When combat begins in this area, the pillars activate. Demon Pillars. Iggwilv conducted demonic experiments on the pillars
ruled by the bloodthirsty demon lord Baphomet. The labyrinth fills a region of the Abyss roughly 1 mile on each side. The labyrinth’s tunnels are 20 feet wide, 50 feet high, marred with scratches, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
that the three are reciting has quelled the barlgura and rendered it unconscious. If any of them stop chanting, the demon awakes and becomes enraged, though it remains bound within the circle. Whenever
casting spells and throwing off fire rays. Bookshelves. Manshoon removed any tomes of value from the bedroom, leaving noticeable gaps on the shelves between mundane books on a variety of esoteric
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
waterlogged and disintegrating books and scrolls. The polished wood desk leans awkwardly on three legs; it has an ornate compass set in its center. The bed is covered in rotting bedding and sags in the
the talisman. Tarsakh is a month in the calendar of the Forgotten Realms, roughly corresponding to April. No year is specified in the log. About Orcus. Known as the Demon Prince of Undeath and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
corners of the room. The demons attack the ghosts, but a demon that’s attacked by a character shifts its focus to that character. When two shadow demons are killed, the remaining one flees. After 3
spiderweb-covered library contains hundreds of books in genres ranging from history and religion to speculative fiction. Gremorly added his impressive personal collection to the library, including
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
floor. The shelves are crammed with books, scrolls, and folios. Four robed cultists stand near the south shelves instructing two ghouls to tidy up the books.
A stone coffin rests against the north
the jumble of books the cultists brought to this tomb. The library belongs to Ayren Griffynstone, a human Neverwinter historian. The room hasn’t fared well in the graveyard’s upheavals, and the uneven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
fill the tall shelves of this grand library. Rolling ladders anchored to rails above the topmost shelves allow easy access to the higher books.
Appearing from behind a bookshelf is an elderly
tomes in a separate library upstairs (area P38), but this room still contains a vast collection of books on all manner of subjects. It exists in a demiplane. Because of the library’s demiplanar nature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, windowless library. Ebony bookshelves are filled with volumes bound in jet-black fabric. The books have no titles on their spines. In the middle of the room, a black quill pen rests on a writing desk
effect on it. If the characters remove a book from the shelves, they see that the cover, like the spine, has no title. Opening any of the books reveals that its pages are blank apart from the first page
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
shadow demon that directs his wererat minions through wispy messages scrawled on passage walls. The King of the Rats spends his lonely hours obsessively counting the treasure the rats sift from the Ditch
, customers are greeted by a wondrous sight—the walls, ceilings, and floors are made of books. Shoppers tread across the spines of volumes underfoot as they peruse titles above and below. With no shelves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the Fane of the Eye (see chapter 5). In that case, a hezrou demon is on guard with the lizardfolk. The demon lurks in the deep moat in the middle of the shrine. Roleplaying Gar Shatterkeel. If the
tomes written in Dethek (the Dwarvish script). These are the missing books of Bruldenthar, the sage from Mirabar. The sage is held in the mines below the Sacred Stone Monastery. C27. Priests’ Quarters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
and swimming in the lake with the giant otters (area G18). If the characters are respectful, the centaurs invite them inside for tea sweetened with honey. The bees are docile unless their hive is
grow in the beds. A door in the back wall leads to a room with a moss bed and stacks of books from other worlds, all discussing botany and nature. The Gardener (see appendix B) is present the first time