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Returning 21 results for 'despair something'.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
something else to consume.
Sorrowsworn
The Shadowfell’s pervasive melancholy sometimes gives rise to strange incarnations of the plane’s bleak nature. Sorrowsworn embody the forms of
suffering inherent to the shadowy landscape and visit horror on those who stumble into their midst. Each sorrowsworn personifies a different aspect of despair or distress.Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing while in Dim Light or Darkness
Changeling
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
was the wind and rain. In the depths of her despair, a lonely traveler took her hand. “I will protect your children if they follow my path. Let them wander the world. They may be shunned and
expressed through shapeshifting, something single-skins will likely miss. So, two changelings might have the name Jin, but one is Jin-with-vivid-blue-eyes and one is Jin-with-golden-nails.
Changelings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
these possibilities: On a Successful Death Save. A memory that inspires hope and courage. A beloved person who would urge the character to cling to life. A thought of something to live for. A favorite
childhood memory. On a Failed Death Save. A memory that stirs up shame or grief. A beloved person who is already dead, beckoning the character to join them. An experience of weariness or despair. You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
pray to her for protection, such as miners, as well as by those who have fallen into melancholy and despair, who wish to forget something, or who have lost something and wish to recover it. Priests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
thinking straight, and you fear you might do something you’ll regret. 2 Pride. Your deeds are noteworthy, and no one takes note of them more often than you. 3 Lust. You can’t resist an attractive
face and a pleasant smile. 4 Envy. You are mindful of what some famous folk have accomplished, and you feel inadequate when your deeds don’t compare to theirs. 5 Despair. You consider the great strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
or lurking just below the surface Broken One Defeat, failure, and despair; the loss of something or someone important, without which one feels incomplete Darklord A single, powerful individual of an
Represents Artifact The importance of some physical object that must be obtained, protected, or destroyed at all costs Beast Great rage or passion; something bestial or malevolent hiding in plain sight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
deteriorating skull that drifts about the necropolis in lonely despair. Wispy symbols of the eight schools of magic form above it and quickly dissipate. A demilich is what becomes of a lich that neglects to feed
how they appear and act, it follows them around until something happens to change its mind. Although it lacks the means to communicate, the demilich dimly recalls the circumstances that led to its present situation.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
map shows pictorial impressions of locations that only hint at their distances from one another. It is by no means something that can, or should, be taken literally. No scale is marked on the map
marked on the map. If queried about a location not drawn on the map, the cartographer mumbles incoherently, screams madly, or whimpers in despair. MAPPING AVERNUS
Celestials and demon lords alike wish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
haven’t considered this aspect of your character yet, see the table entries for some possibilities, or use them for inspiration. Your deep, dark secret might involve something you did (or are doing), or
punishment for some unknown transgression. 6 In times of despair, you feel that you are but a plaything of the gods, and you resent their remoteness. SERVING A PANTHEON, PHILOSOPHY, OR FORCE
The typical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
murders, but the real culprit is something else.
Connected Creatures Shadow dragons often attempt to blunt their despair by dragging others into their gloomy lives with them. These are generally
blame each other for their transformation.
6 A family of deep gnomes adopts a shadow dragon wyrmling, hoping to show the dragon a noble path through gloom and despair.
Young Shadow Dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
hag might simply attack it or deface it. If something beautiful gives hope, a sea hag wants it to cause despair. If it inspires courage, the sea hag wants it to cause fear. Ugly Inside and Out. Sea
Sea Hag Sea hags live in dismal and polluted underwater lairs, surrounded by merrow and other aquatic monsters. Beauty drives a sea hag to fits of anger. When confronted with something beautiful, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the denizens of the Domains of Dread as their playthings, sowing fears and fomenting despair. This pleases or sustains them, or perhaps they’re searching for individuals worthy of joining their ranks
social club of eccentric dilettantes. When they claimed someone was trying to murder them, I tried not to dismiss it as imaginative paranoia. Now, though, I know something wants these spiritualists dead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Introduction It’s fitting that a gaming fundraiser is named Extra Life. In our games, there’s always a raise dead spell, a secret power-up that delivers a 1UP mushroom, or something else to keep the
despair, to let a disease break your spirit as it tries to kill everyone it touches. Well, f*** that. We might not have the magic bullet that puts cancer away for good, but we’re getting there. Your support
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Even in the worst circumstances, a gnome can find something to be hopeful for — an attitude that is infectious and thus can keep the group from falling into despair. A deep gnome, pragmatic and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
—it describes what might happen in one arena of existence if something changes in another. Scholars sometimes approach the Draconic Prophecy as a puzzle, where solving it is its own reward. They look
kindling in the midst of despair is one obvious reading of these words. However, the reference to fires earlier in the verse doesn’t require that the embers here be positive—this could refer to a new
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
overcome with hunger and dread. Hovnar has tried to rally the group, mostly to support his brother Menvin, who is nearly comatose with despair. The townspeople can share the following information
, shouting through the tiny opening atop the base if necessary: Awful Plan. The mind flayers intend to use the captives’ brains to create something called a “new elder brain” when they complete their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
3. Parade of Fools Myconids journeying through the Underdark were attracted to the enriched fungal life in the Whorlstone Tunnels and made a stop here. They are friendly, but there is something
away from the party to join the myconids. The drow turns one last time to give the characters a look of terror and despair before his face loses all expression. He and the dancing myconids then enter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
entering or exiting the Underworld or helping or preventing someone or something from doing so. Souls with coin left after crossing the Tartyx often discard their excess valuables upon reaching the
instruments in sight. It’s said that living creatures that hear this song are driven to the depths of despair. A massive statue of Athreos watches over this chamber and the guardians who reside there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
and visit horror on those who stumble into their midst. Each sorrowsworn personifies a different aspect of despair or distress. Angry Sorrowsworn Relying on violence to sustain their existence, angry
resume the search for something else to consume. Hungry Sorrowsworn
Medium Monstrosity, Typically Neutral Evil
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 225 (30d8 + 90)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Halfling settlements survive wars because halflings are so irritating. Why conquer something you want nothing to do with?
Bad Apples Although most halflings are energetic and jovial, as with any
that the minds of these halflings eventually become twisted, and they turn into cruel, paranoid creatures wracked by misery and despair.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
minions (thugs; attitude for all: 1d4 + 1) demanding tribute
5 2d6 magmins (attitude: 1d6) searching for something sizable to burn
6 2d4 azers assembling pieces of a helmed horror
horror of a giant transformed into something much, much worse by the corruption of a demon lord.
—Bigby
Fiendish Incursion Encounters d10 Encounter
1 1d4 barlguras (attitude: 1d4