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Dungeon Master’s Guide
This book has a desiccated tongue pinned to its front cover. Five of these tomes exist, and it’s unknown which one is the original. The tongue on the first Tome of the Stilled Tongue belonged
again until the next dawn.
Only you can remove the tongue from the book’s cover. If you do so, all spells written in the book are permanently erased.
Vecna watches anyone using this tome and can write cryptic messages in it. These messages typically fade away after they are read.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Tome of the Stilled Tongue Wondrous item, legendary (requires attunement by a wizard) This thick leather-bound volume has a desiccated tongue pinned to the front cover. Five of these tomes exist, and
this tome, without expending a spell slot or using any verbal or somatic components. Once used, this property of the tome can’t be used again until the next dawn. While attuned to the book, you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Tome of the Stilled Tongue Wondrous Item, Legendary (Requires Attunement by a Wizard) This book has a desiccated tongue pinned to its front cover. Five of these tomes exist, and it’s unknown which
. Once used, this property of the tome can’t be used again until the next dawn. Only you can remove the tongue from the book’s cover. If you do so, all spells written in the book are permanently erased
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Dense webbing fills this room as well (see area 19c for rules). Suspended within the webs are six cocoons. Five contain the desiccated corpses of four goblins and a nothic. The sixth contains a swarm
of insects (spiders) that bursts forth and attacks if the cocoon is torn open. Treasure. The dead nothic has no treasure. A thorough search of the goblin corpses yields 20 cp, 18 sp, 5 gp, and a silvered dagger.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
leather-bound book open across his lap and is mouthing the words he reads on the pages. Without looking up, he says, “Have you no herald to announce your presence before King Gullop the Nineteenth?” He
slams the book closed as if to punctuate his question, regarding you for the first time.
Sleepy bullywug guards standing around their monarch snap to attention and ready their weapons.
King
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, lashed to a tree by vines. (This explorer was captured by Batiri goblins, doused in honey, and left to be devoured by hungry insects.) 3 The crushed remains of an unarmored dwarf, showing signs that she
devour it later.) 9 The skeleton of a humanoid seated on a folding camp stool, clutching a knife and fork in its bony hands. 10 The desiccated husk of a gnome, cocooned in giant spider webs. 11 The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
-Humanoid creature, such as a flumph or a mule. 2 A swarm of insects that might be a darkweaver’s young 3 A corpse holding a jar of universal solvent with a slightly stuck lid 4 A collection of menus
from restaurants in Sigil 5 4d12 gold pieces amid a digested slurry 6 A halfling commoner or musteval guardinal (detailed later in this book) that the darkweaver forgot about CoupleofKooks “The worst
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
. The process usually transformed subjects into the spindly creatures her devotees expected, but occasionally, an elf changed into a choldrith (appears in this book): an arachnid Monstrosity able to
. As servants of Lolth, chitines love spiders. They rear spiders and similar arachnids, such as cave fishers (also in this book). Chitine colonies erect shrines to Lolth that serve as beacons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
reference book: Day 1 Challenge: Sage (Upright). The Sage card suggests an opportunity to gain insight or advice. Perhaps the characters come to a promontory that allows them to see the surrounding
possible day of hiking through the wilderness, and describe the litany of horrors the characters face: biting insects and leeches, a sudden rainstorm making a river impassible, a broken backpack strap, lost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
considers beneath her personal attention. Hags prefer to employ clever, cruel creatures rather than dumb oafs. Servants d8 Servant(s) * See chapter 3 of this book for statistics. 1 1d4 flameskulls 2 1d2
flesh golems 3 1d2 helmed horrors 4 1 rug of smothering 5 1d6 scarecrows 6 2d4 shadow mastiffs* 7 2d4 swarms swarm of insects or swarm of rats 8 1d6 yeth hounds* Brutes d12 Servant(s) * See
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Devourer Of all the abominations unleashed by Orcus (appears in this book), devourers are among the most feared. These tall, mummy-like Undead wander the planes, consuming souls and spreading Orcus’s
into an 8-foot-tall, desiccated biped with a hollowed-out ribcage, then fills the new creature with a hunger for souls. Orcus grants each new devourer the essence of a less fortunate demon to power the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Monsters by Habitat The following tables organize the monster stat blocks in this book by habitat. These tables omit monsters that don’t inhabit natural habitats, such as many Celestials and Fiends
, Giant Wolf Spider, Pseudodragon, Winged Kobold 1/2 Dust Mephit, Gnoll Warrior, Hobgoblin Warrior, Jackalwere, Swarm of Insects 1 Brass Dragon Wyrmling, Death Dog, Giant Hyena, Giant Spider, Giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
-foot-square space within 20 feet of it. A swarm of insects (centipedes; see the Monster Manual) with 11 hit points emerges from the basket and rolls initiative. At the end of each of the swarm’s turns
book) emerges from the shattered pot and remains a hazard in that square. Scorpion on a Stick. The kobold makes a melee attack with a scorpion (see the Monster Manual) tied to the end of a 5-foot-long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
attracting too much attention. A gingwatzim isn’t particularly bright, but it obeys the orders of its creator. The ones Korvala creates are instructed to remain in book form, but a gingwatzim must
. The trunks are lined with lead to ensure that the locate object spell cannot be used to find their contents: Trunk 1 contains Nidalia’s desiccated heart, wrapped in a black silk cloth and resting atop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, writing on foggy glass, or insects swarming to create messages. 76–80 During the next night, one sleeping character in the region receives a vision as if the target of the dream spell. The dream is brief
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->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
tattered priestly attire that trails at his feet, but a few gaps between the wrappings reveal his rotting, desiccated skin.
The figure casts his gaze at you and says in a raspy voice, “Foolish
floor of this room are made of marble. They might once have been beautiful, but now they’re covered in cobwebs, dirt, and grime. An old, scorched book lies on a marble slab in the center of the room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. Near the labyrinth’s exit, a desiccated, severed hand clutches a +2 Greataxe. G9b: Elysian Canyon A flash of golden light gives way to warm sunlight. The rocky floor of a steep canyon stretches before
, the Witch Queen left a deadly trap for anyone coveting her knowledge. False Demonomicon. The book on the altar looks like the Demonomicon of Iggwilv, the preeminent treatise on the Abyss and demons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
into another chamber. Marching around the chamber are five pale, desiccated warriors wearing wicked-looking armor.
The cult pressed five wights into service as guards. The wights know the cultists
Neverdeath Graveyard. She can make her way home from there. Sarcelle’s Secret. Sarcelle’s psychic explorations showed her a glimpse of a dreadful future. She saw the desiccated figure of a man levitating off
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
ingredients here and there in the room have infestations of mold and insects. Thunderwing looks forlornly about the kitchen and cries a bit, lamenting the loss of the Xanthoria she remembers. Lost Memento
. Searching the room uncovers a recipe book wrapped in oilcloth under a pile of refuse. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals that the handwriting closely resembles the older
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
a thick layer of rot and debris, within which can be seen scraps of leather, the husks of countless dead insects, and bits of rusted metal. A doorway in the far wall has collapsed and is fully blocked
debris and dead insects coats the floor of this area, its contents remain largely intact. Four trestle tables, a side table set with what looks like cups, and two dozen chairs stand covered in dust
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
desiccated and skeletal humanoid corpses litter the floor of this small chamber. The stone of the north wall has been etched with intricate runes, but the pattern ends abruptly.
Bodies and Runes. A closer
(Perception) check can hear a faint crunching sound emanating from the bodies. Creatures. The crunching is a clue that the rift contains two swarms of insects feasting on the dead bodies. When any character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
corner above the door at the top of the stairs, outside area B13. The nest is a Medium object with AC 11, 12 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. It holds a swarm of insects (wasps
creature that was plugging the well, she considers this chore complete.) Find the Missing Book. Bavlorna’s Big Book of Bad Blood has gone missing. It contains copious notes on everyone who has wronged her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
are seldom encountered without a commanding star spawn seer (also in this book) nearby. A hulk appears to have little will of its own and is driven to protect its master. Star Spawn Hulk
Large
16 (15,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5
Return to Worms. When the mage is reduced to 0 hit points, it breaks apart into a swarm of insects (see the Monster Manual) in the same space. Unless the swarm is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
slowly as they hold up suns, planets, and comets. The chamber’s west wall churns with a green-and-silver rift about five feet across showing a corridor intersection beyond. Desiccated creatures
homunculus nearby. Unless the mind flayer is aware that intruders are active in Illithinoch, Gulguush is sitting at the desk, composing a book of prayers to Ilvaash. The homunculus perches on the back of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the room include a canopied bed with a gossamer shroud for keeping insects at bay, a freestanding wooden privacy screen, a cast-iron bathtub with clawed feet, a fireplace, and a padlocked iron chest
books are worth 5 gp each to interested buyers, except for a worthless book titled Last Charge of the Hellriders. A cavity cut into its pages holds a small iron ring with two keys hanging from it. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Parade), serves as the Gatehouse’s resident expert on the negative effects of planar magic. Hailing from the gate-town of Bedlam (detailed in chapter 3 of this book), Althax is a wise and compassionate
buzzing insects. They wheel wagonfuls of bodies to Death’s Door, a metal chute supervised by joyless undertakers, who pay collectors a pittance for each corpse they round up. The Mortuary’s uninviting halls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
return 1 minute later and attack any creatures in their nest. Stuck to the ceiling are 1d6 + 2 cocoons containing the desiccated remains of dead crew, passengers, and pets. A character who searches a
mistakenly punctures an egg sac, causing a hostile swarm of insects (spiders) to burst forth from the cocoon. Additionally, a blue key card is caught in the webs. A character who inspects the webs and succeeds