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Candlekeep Mysteries
slots): animate dead, dispel magic
4th level (3 slots): divination, guardian of faith
5th level (2 slots): contagion, insect plague
6th level (1 slot): harmMultiattack. The fungal servant can use
2 Actions). The fungal servant magically unleashes negative energy. Creatures within 60 feet of the fungal servant, including ones behind barriers and around corners, can’t regain hit points
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, dispel magic
4th level (3 slots): stone shape, guardian of faith
5th level (2 slots): contagion, insect plague
6th level (1 slot): harmMultiattack. The mummy can use its Dreadful Glare and makes one
Negative Energy (Costs 2 Actions). The mummy lord magically unleashes negative energy. Creatures within 60 feet of the mummy lord, including ones behind barriers and around corners, can't regain hit
Mummy Lord
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, dispel magic
4th level (3 slots): divination, guardian of faith
5th level (2 slots): contagion, insect plague
6th level (1 slot): harmMultiattack. The mummy can use its Dreadful Glare and makes one
, including ones behind barriers and around corners, can't regain hit points until the end of the mummy lord's next turn.
Whirlwind of Sand (Costs 2 Actions). The mummy lord magically transforms into a
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
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Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant
spontaneous alterations over their lifetime, from the typical range of point and peak seen among the elves, to huge ears that sweep back from the head like wings, and which are often pierced behind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
dragon disappears behind a cloud, taking its strange caravan with it, and is seen no more. But sometimes the dragon makes a gentle, spiraling descent into a forest or another secluded area. Those who seek
Seelie Market Attentive travelers might notice a shimmering, majestic dragon soaring above the clouds. A wagon caravan trails behind the dragon, attached to it by a magical harness. Usually the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Cache The party finds a cache of supplies left behind by other explorers. There’s no way to tell from the cache whether those who left it are still alive and coming back for it, or dead. Roll a d20
supply of insect repellent salve (see chapter 1) in a leather tube 10 1d4 quivers, each containing 1d20 arrows 11 Canoe with six paddles 12 2 hooded lanterns and 10 flasks of lamp oil 13 Two-person tent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
through the lower levels of the house as it makes its descent. Thick cobwebs fill the shaft and reduce visibility in the staircase to 5 feet. The secret door and shaft don’t exist until the house
reveals them, which can happen in one of two ways: The characters find Strahd’s letter in the secret room behind the library (area 9). The characters find the replica secret door in the attic of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. If a beholder mastermind is behind the criminal activities in a city, don’t rely solely on the entry in the Monster Manual to describe the creature’s appearance and personality. Take the time to
the city of Waterdeep. The Xanathar’s spherical body is covered in leathery flesh with a texture similar to cobblestones. Its eyestalks are jointed like the legs of an insect, and some of the stalks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
8. Library The master of the house used to spend many hours here before his descent into madness. Red velvet drapes cover the windows of this room. An exquisite mahogany desk and a matching high-back
collected works of poetry and fiction. The books rot and fall apart if taken from the house. Secret Door A secret door behind one bookshelf can be unlocked and swung open by pulling on a switch disguised to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
dragons. Kobolds willingly serve chromatic dragons and worship them as if they were demigods — mighty beings of divine descent. This isn’t a casual sort of worship or lip service; kobolds are awed in the
exits behind him, trapping Kurtulmak for all eternity.
Kurtulmak is a hateful deity, one who despises all life except for kobolds. He especially hates Garl Glittergold, gnomes, and fey creatures that
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
sent Kurtulmak to retrieve it. Garl lured his pursuer into a maze-like cavern, then collapsed the exits behind him, trapping Kurtulmak for all eternity. Kurtulmak is a hateful deity, one who despises
they were demigods — mighty beings of divine descent. This isn’t a casual sort of worship or lip service; kobolds are awed in the presence of a dragon, as if an actual avatar of a deity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
drunken patrons. Revelers can stay as late as they wish and still get home safely, provided they hire someone trustworthy to guard their trip home. Most murders in the Lower City have reasons behind
serial murderer Alhasval Drenz, the Whitkeep Whistler, still stalks the city, possessing innocents to continue her unmatched killing spree. Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus posits a third possibility
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
know him as a successful banker, philanthropist, and worshiper of Lathander. Some of his business profits go toward feeding and sheltering the poor. But behind this veneer of generosity, Victoro is a
, protection from energy
4th level (3 slots): banishment, dimension door, divination, freedom of movement, polymorph
5th level (2 slots): dominate person, flame strike, modify memory, insect plague
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
slithering tracker that has killed in this fashion becomes much easier to locate for a time, since its liquid form becomes tinged with blood and its body leaves a visible trail of the stuff behind it
. Descent into Madness. Achieving revenge against its target doesn’t end a slithering tracker’s existence, nor its hunger for blood. Some slithering trackers remain aware of their purpose and extend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
culminated in the Dark Disaster, in which terrible storms engulfed Miyeritar, turning it into a wasteland within a single season, leaving behind the area now known as the High Moor. The high mages of
destruction that followed, elf priests and high mages fervently prayed to Corellon Larethian and the gods of the elven pantheon for salvation. The Descent of the Drow Corellon interceded in the Crown
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Trouble in Baldur’s Gate Chapter 1 begins in the independent city of Baldur’s Gate, where the characters find themselves trapped behind the city’s walls after the gates are sealed to keep out
the Flaming Fist disbands, paving the way for the city’s descent into Avernus. To accomplish this last goal, Thalamra needs an artifact called the Shield of the Hidden Lord, imprisoned in which is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Wood Elves Also called copper elves, or Sy’Tel’Quessir, wood elves are the most common elves remaining in Faerûn. Their ancestors left behind the strife of the Crown Wars millennia ago to found
the Sundering, the Crown Wars, the descent of the drow, and other calamities as the result of acts of arrogance on the part of their ancestors. Living around and amid the reminders of this arrogance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Forgotten Realms include the following: Baazka is the pit fiend behind the most recent incursion of infernal forces from Dragonspear Castle. Its plans for the Sword Coast were thwarted along with those of
collects warlocks like one might collect butterflies. His favorite collection, the Troil Thirteen, includes warlocks of blood descent from the thirteen who first made a pact with Asmodeus. Malkizid is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
littered with thick tomes, alchemical vessels, and a complex control panel.
An ancient male human sits behind the desk, with a homunculus perched on his shoulder.
“More of Moghadam’s mercenaries, I
which tiny insect victims are being sacrificed. Thessalar’s Bargain Thessalar knows about the Infernal Machine components in the temple, and appears to entertain the notion of bargaining with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
for their archdevil masters. Resembling a giant bipedal insect, an ice devil has clawed hands and feet, powerful mandibles, and a long tail covered in razor-sharp spikes. Some carry barbed spears
, cold, necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. If a section is destroyed, it leaves behind a sheet of frigid air in the space the wall occupied. Whenever a creature finishes moving through the frigid air on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
group of adventurers Dzaan hired to help him search the spire removed all the books they considered valuable, including spellbooks. They left behind a few that might interest certain characters: Magical
insect-like person. A character who examines this object and succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (Nature) check can identify it as coming from a thri-kreen. Tunnels Up and Down. Rough-hewn tunnels in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
receives the following telepathic message in Common: “I cast my eye into the future and see in yours a perilous descent. South of here, beyond a secret passage, waits the Two-Headed King. Look to his
successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check and causes it to break into myriad pieces on the floor. 28c. East Chamber Goblins. Unless they are led elsewhere, six goblins cower behind broken halves of a stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
broke in half during its descent, its bow section gone missing but its stern plunged backward into the seafloor like a spike.
The sandy bed around the wreckage is scattered with partially buried
number of drowned ones that stayed behind from the most recent assault on Firewatch Island take notice. Three drowned blades, one drowned ascetic, and one drowned assassin lurk inside the ruined Tammeraut
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
this lost dwarven city.
Four kenku occupy the gatehouse structure, hidden behind the arrow slits. They don’t reveal themselves to the characters unless the characters discover and attack them through
lane behind the hall, searching through the rubble for treasure. As the characters near the lane, the kenku hide and attempt to frighten the party away with ghostly sounds from the gloom. A7. Plaza of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
intricate, abstruse patterns nearby. 19–27 Local plants and animals share a malevolent intelligence. Roll a d6. On a 1–2, an insect plague spell is centered on one random creature in the region. On a 3–4
worlds, the biomass of insects radically outweighs that of higher organisms. Mass migrations and deadly insect species can imperil larger creatures, but most insects remain nothing more than an annoyance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
(2 slots): contagion, insect plague
6th level (1 slot): harm
Actions
Multiattack. The mummy can use its Dreadful Glare and makes one attack with its rotting fist.
Rotting Fist. Melee Weapon
of the mummy lord, including ones behind barriers and around corners, can’t regain hit points until the end of the mummy lord’s next turn.
Whirlwind of Sand (Costs 2 Actions). The mummy lord
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
embodies the loathsome corruption of chaos and evil. A descent into the Abyss is a journey into a hostile and uncharted environment. It’s also an opportunity to confront the evil in one’s own heart and
while seeking a holy relic left behind by some lost hero who dared to venture here. It’s the nature of the Abyss to contaminate the other planes it touches. Opening a portal to the Abyss from any other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
buildings.
This area is used by cult members as a gathering point before they stage their ceremonies inside the temple. A flight of rickety steps half hidden behind detritus leads up to the ship’s
area difficult terrain. The aboleth has ordered the cult to keep four skum guards posted here (see appendix C and the “Skum” sidebar). These guards lurk behind mounds of rubble as they watch the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Valin’s service, but she recalls no details of the transfer. The ritual likewise leaves no physical signs behind.
Personality Trait. “I serve my masters in faith willingly, and I let fate and faith
concentration on these spells for as long as possible while attacking with their mauls on later turns. When a dao dies, its body disintegrates into crystalline powder. A slain dao leaves behind its maul and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
piled high with treasures left behind by those who tried—and failed—to best him in a deal. Phlegethos Phlegethos, the fourth layer, is a fiery landscape whose seas of molten magma brew hurricanes of hot
deceit and manipulation, and their unhindered pursuit of their own agendas make them truly terrifying foes. A descent into the Nine Hells is a journey into the heart of evil. Every shred of evil is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
outside walls of the cathedral without equipment requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check.
Windows. Most of the cathedral’s windows were shattered during the descent into Avernus, but the
servants. Plain stone shelves in the eleven alcoves each hold one set of remains. Treasure. A rogue who worked in the cathedral used this room to hide her stolen goods. Behind the bones on one shelf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
of the cave.
Two hideous giants squat near a circle of hefty stones enclosing a crackling fire. Above the roaring flames, a charred giant insect rotates slowly on a spit.
Two fomorians inhabit
caverns with a successful DC 18 Charisma (Persuasion) check. Treasure. The xorn stashed 500 gp worth of uncut gems behind a large crystal formation in the northwest corner of the room. A character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, affording an unobstructed view of area U2 as the characters complete their descent. Wall of Stone. When the countdown timer reaches zero, a wall of stone magically appears on the stairs at the point marked
behind the walls. Characters who investigate find one kiddywidget (see the end of the adventure for its stat block) in each cavity. These offspring of the skitterwidgets chirp loudly if disturbed by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
insect rotates slowly on a spit.
Two fomorians inhabit this cave. The beds, fire pit, and utensils are all sized for Huge creatures. The fomorians are cruel, violent, and bored. When the giants
gems behind a large crystal formation in the northwest corner of the room. A character searching the crystals finds the stash with a successful DC 17 Wisdom (Perception) check. L21: Pool Cavern The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
descends 1 foot for every 10 feet of horizontal distance covered. At the end of the flight, the wearer lands on its feet and the glider is intact. If the wearer tries to accelerate the rate of descent
of horns. Looming behind the sarcophagus is a stuffed owlbear frozen in a roar, with claws outstretched. King Dostron was an ancient ruler of this land, long before the arrival of Strahd. He claimed