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Acquisitions Incorporated
spell attacks). The acolyte has following cleric spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): light, sacred flame, thaumaturgy
1st level (3 slots): bless, cure wounds, sanctuary
Relentless Endurance. When
reduced to 0 hit points, she drops to 1 hit point instead (but can't do this again until she finishes a long rest).Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2","rollType":"to hit","rollAction
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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
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Radiant Absorption. Whenever the guardian is subjected to radiant damage, it takes no damage and instead regains a number of hit points equal to the radiant damage.Multiattack. The guardian makes
mithral. They were originally created by a desperate mage on Krynn who drew the Moon card from a Deck of Many Things. The mage wished for a retinue of bodyguards ideally suited to fighting lycanthropes
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
doesn’t function if Asteria has the incapacitated condition.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Asteria fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Asteria wears
following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19):
At will: Guidance, Light, Thaumaturgy
2/day each: Bless, Freedom of Movement
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the hag fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Trace the Threads (1/Day). The hag can cast the Legend Lore spell, requiring no material components
, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At will: Bless, Guidance, Silent Image
1/day each: Bane, Bestow Curse, Divination, Scrying (as an
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
, druidcraft
3/day each: bless, conjure animals, giant insect, moonbeam, plant growth, spike growth, suggestion
1/day each: conjure fey, mass cure wounds
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Trostani
fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Trostani has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Magic Weapons. Trostani’s weapon
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If Nafik fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Nafik has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
starvation loomed over Nafik and his priests. In a desperate measure, Nafik wrought a haphazard ritual on himself and his fellow priests, transforming them and himself into Undead. Heartless and corrupted
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
fire damage, it takes no damage and instead regains a number of hit points equal to the fire damage dealt.
Immutable Form. The colossus is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
Magic
form is enough to ease the minds of the populace. In truly desperate times, priests of Purphoros work their magic to call the colossus to life, whereupon the earth rumbles as it steps down from its twin
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is missing any of its hit points, it instead takes 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType
, undead hunters, nosferatu possess the endless thirst of vampire;vampires but none of their grace. For them, existence is nothing more than an everlasting string of cold, desperate nights punctuated
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Grim Harrow, Jyn is desperate to destroy the deck and end her painful existence. If she could, she’d take the entire multiverse with her.
The Grim Champion of Desolation rides a malevolent
draconic beast with pale, leathery wings and emaciated skin; this mount uses the wyvern stat block, but it is an Undead instead of a Dragon. An eerie, hollow silence heralds the champion’s arrival
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Malaxxix fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Malaxxix has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
’ll be found by mortals who are desperate for power and ripe for corruption.
Malaxxix seeks the Books of Keeping: ancient tomes that contain the true names of all yugoloths. To this end, it
monsters
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Sammaster fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Life Suppression. Creatures within 60 feet of Sammaster can’t regain Hit Points.
Magic
clever wizard returns each time to steer the Cult of the Dragon into more desperate and sinister plots.Necrotic, PoisonAcid, Cold, Lightning
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
giant’s desires. Instead, they seek out grand works of art, wondrous jewelry, and beautiful sculptures.
Reasonable Offers. Fog giants are powerful warriors, but they prefer to use threats and
reward once they return to their proper station, a fog giant lures desperate criminals, cunning bandits, and other raiders into their service in the dismal wilds they inhabit. These giants prefer to
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Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Sammaster fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Life Suppression. Creatures within 60 feet of Sammaster can’t regain Hit Points.
Magic
past, but the clever wizard returns each time to steer the Cult of the Dragon into more desperate and sinister plots.Acid, Necrotic, Poison
Young Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
adventurers to investigate.
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Two Underdark settlements are about to go to war, having been carefully manipulated by a deep dragon. A desperate ruler offers a reward to anyone who can uncover the
1
A young deep dragon has captured a number of kuo-toa and has decided to try them out as servants instead of eating them.
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A young deep dragon maintains the guise of a handsome Humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
oasis for the sick, the injured, and the desperate. It also draws clerics and healers of many traditions. Most come to serve those in need, but some seek to understand the magical properties of the place
Convalescence, a diamond material component is never required. Hit Point Maximum. When creatures would normally roll one or more dice to restore hit points with a spell, they instead use the highest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel
oasis for the sick, the injured, and the desperate. It also draws clerics and healers of many traditions. Most come to serve those in need, but some seek to understand the magical properties of the place
Convalescence, a diamond material component is never required. Hit Point Maximum. When creatures would normally roll one or more dice to restore hit points with a spell, they instead use the highest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
keeps in Sigil. Using their combined magic, the archmages weave a Wish spell in hopes of sabotaging Vecna’s accumulated power and defusing his ritual. Instead of any expected effect, the Wish spell shunts
suggests a desperate contingency plan. The characters could use the fabled Rod of Seven Parts to stop Vecna. The rod’s seven pieces are scattered throughout the multiverse, but Mordenkainen knows where the first piece is located.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Aid, Bless, Cure Wounds, Lesser Restoration 5 Mass Healing Word, Revivify 7 Aura of Life, Death Ward 9 Greater Restoration, Mass Cure Wounds Level 3: Preserve Life As a Magic action, you present your
; instead use the highest number possible for each die. For example, instead of restoring 2d6 Hit Points to a creature with a spell, you restore 12.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
ward (cantrip), expeditious retreat (1st level), spider climb (2nd level), gaseous form (3rd level) Levistus has no cult in the traditional sense. Instead, he offers favors to those who are desperate to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
from removing the helmet. While the nothic wears its bizarre helmet, all sending spells that would normally be received by Halaster Blackcloak are instead received by the nothic (see “Sending Spells
”). Any other creature that dons the helmet becomes the new recipient of these messages. Halaster gets an average of one sending spell message per hour. Most of the messages are from desperate, deranged
Ancient Deep Dragon
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Two Underdark settlements are about to go to war, having been carefully manipulated by a deep dragon. A desperate ruler offers a reward to anyone who can uncover the true cause of the hostility
share the same basic structure as the sapphire dragon lair shown on map 5.12, but instead of being formed from stone, it might consist of chambers hollowed out within a fungus network growing near an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
community (such as Hestia, Hathor, and Boldrei). Life Domain Spells Cleric Level Spells 1st
bless, cure wounds
3rd
lesser restoration, spiritual weapon
5th
beacon of hope, revivify
7th
you reach 14th level, the extra damage increases to 2d8. Supreme Healing Starting at 17th level, when you would normally roll one or more dice to restore hit points with a spell, you instead use the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
community (such as Hestia, Hathor, and Boldrei). Life Domain Spells Cleric Level
Spells
1st bless, cure wounds 3rd lesser restoration, spiritual weapon 5th beacon of hope, revivify 7th death ward
level, the extra damage increases to 2d8. Supreme Healing Starting at 17th level, when you would normally roll one or more dice to restore hit points with a spell, you instead use the highest number possible for each die. For example, instead of restoring 2d6 hit points to a creature, you restore 12.
Adult Deep Dragon
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Underdark settlements are about to go to war, having been carefully manipulated by a deep dragon. A desperate ruler offers a reward to anyone who can uncover the true cause of the hostility.
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A deep dragon lair might share the same basic structure as the sapphire dragon lair shown on map 5.12, but instead of being formed from stone, it might consist of chambers hollowed out within a fungus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
gain a benefit of a bless spell that lasts until the train leaves Mount Celestia. 4 The Nine Hells. On one of the blisteringly cold layers of the Nine Hells (either Cania or Stygia), the train passes
deafened. Outside the train, bright light becomes dim light, and dim light becomes darkness. 6 Ysgard. Silent, spectral warriors from Valhalla fly around the train on ghostly chariots pulled by ghostly steeds. Any creature aboard the train that would be reduced to 0 hit points drops to 1 hit point instead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Sacrifices to Auril The desperate people of Ten-Towns, hoping to appease Auril so that summer can return to Icewind Dale, make sacrifices to the Frostmaiden on nights of the new moon. This is a new
. Food. Smaller towns that can’t afford to give up people give up their food instead. A day’s catch of knucklehead trout is strung up on wooden racks a mile outside town, to be claimed by yeti and other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
flesh, or is it a supernatural force that warps what it comes in contact with? Wounded. When it’s wounded, how does it react? What does its blood look like? What is inside it instead of flesh and blood
? When it becomes desperate, how does it react? Let Players Fill Gaps Invite players to turn their imaginations against themselves. Leave details intentionally blank, describing just enough to reveal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Planar Adventure Situations You can use the Planar Adventure Situations table instead of the tables in the “Adventure Situations by Level” section in chapter 4 to inspire adventures that draw
. 5 A devil has tricked an angel into meddling in the Blood War, and the angel seeks mortal aid. 6 A ancestor of one of the characters must be convinced to bless the character before the full power of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the ally. This can be a great way to keep more players involved if the party splits; when any player’s usual character isn’t present in a scene, they play the ally instead. It’s helpful to give the
character, keep the ally 1 or 2 levels below the characters. If you’re using a monster stat block instead, make sure its hit points and damage output aren’t outpacing the characters’, and be wary of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
shield legions to stay out of the fight, instead of helping to hold the line against the demons, so that he could use them in staging his coup. The absence of those legions, however, enabled the horde
within. The Price of Redemption Baalzebul and his agents recruit mortals that are desperate for redemption of some sort, perhaps the restoration of lost status or the recovery of resources that were
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Adventure Background Dr. Cassee Dannell, a brilliant academic, long ago learned to hide her interest in the occult. She instead built a career gaining expertise in the peoples and cultures of the
her findings to the university’s administrators, who deemed her work pseudoscience and refused to interfere with the museum’s upcoming exhibition of the Murkmire Stone. Desperate, Dr. Dannell snuck
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Moonlight Guardian Moonlight guardians are gleaming bipedal statues made of silver and mithral. They were originally created by a desperate mage on Krynn who drew the Moon card from a Deck of Many
radiant damage, it takes no damage and instead regains a number of hit points equal to the radiant damage.
Actions
Multiattack. The guardian makes two Moonlight Slam attacks.
Moonlight Slam
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
drives her. More than any other member of the Grim Harrow, Jyn is desperate to destroy the deck and end her painful existence. If she could, she’d take the entire multiverse with her. The Grim
Champion of Desolation rides a malevolent draconic beast with pale, leathery wings and emaciated skin; this mount uses the wyvern stat block, but it is an Undead instead of a Dragon. An eerie, hollow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
truesight 60 ft., passive Perception 16
Languages all
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the hag fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At will: Bless, Guidance, Silent Image
1/day each: Bane, Bestow Curse, Divination, Scrying (as an action)
Legendary Actions
The hag can take 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
ease the minds of the populace. In truly desperate times, priests of Purphoros work their magic to call the colossus to life, whereupon the earth rumbles as it steps down from its twin plinths to
damage and instead regains a number of hit points equal to the fire damage dealt.
Immutable Form. The colossus is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
Magic Weapons. The colossus’s