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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
hollow gourd that now sits askew on its shoulders. Eight copper coins are sealed inside the gourd, causing the head to rattle whenever Clapperclaw nods, turns, or shakes its head.
Roleplaying Notes
Despite the loss of its original head, this child-sized scarecrow retains an upbeat demeanor characterized by its affinity for gallows humor. With its long claws and rattling gourd head, Clapperclaw
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"Incorporeal Movement", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
Unusual Nature. The allip doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Maddening Touch. Melee Spell
torments what remains of its mind. In the presence of other creatures, an allip seeks to relieve this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
none of its class features or other abilities. The transformation is permanent and can be undone only by a wish spell. Despite appearances, the psurlon ringer is still an Aberration, and other psurlons
corpse in a safe place. As the corpse decays, the psurlons lay one or more eggs inside it. These eggs hatch 24 hours later, each one producing a Tiny worm. For the next seven days, the worms feed on the
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Despite its overall nutritiousness, the bitter grittiness of the mouse tree nut often precludes it from being eaten as a snack by most folk
on stout, gnarly trees that grow in normally unsuitable areas, such as cliff sides or inside ruined buildings.
Backgrounds
Curse of Strahd: Character Options
with a sword or banished with a spell. It might come to you as a shadow on the wall, a bloodcurdling nightmare, a memory that refuses to die, or a demonic whisper in the dark. The burden has taken its
words and images are burned into your psyche.
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A fiend possessed you as a child. You were locked away but escaped. The fiend is still inside you, but now you try to keep it bottled up.
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
docks of the anchorage over the policed and inspected docks of the harbor, despite the shortage of dock workers and beast-powered cranes to assist in loading and unloading. Unlike Malar’s Throat and
area undetected. 25. Dinosaur Pens Most of the beasts of burden in the city were trained out here, and they’re penned up at night. Ankylosauruses and triceratopses are the most common in that role
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
7. Ruined Storeroom Despite the destruction all around, the northern part of this storage area has survived intact. The eastern wall of this chamber has collapsed into a mass of rubble. To the north
secure resting place. No monsters come this way. Moreover, the storeroom door is in good shape and can easily be blocked or barred from the inside. The contents of the kegs have long evaporated.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
spells spilling out of the windows, Despite these persistent magical effects, most folk believe the structure is abandoned. Others think it’s haunted by the ghosts of the Kolat brothers. They’re wrong
, of course. Manshoon posts no visible guards outside Kolat Towers, since he wants others to believe the site is abandoned. The evil wizard and his underlings come and go using teleportation circles inside the towers.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
. Inside were hundreds of well-preserved corpses suffused with a latent necromantic power that Mazirek activated, bringing the corpses back to a shambling semblance of life. This new race of undead is
called the Erstwhile (equivalent to the wight in the Monster Manual). In their time, the Erstwhile were aristocratic elves of immense wealth and opulence. They still wear their stately attire, despite its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
double door.
The Twilight Rose was shut down by the Brightguard years ago for hosting performances deemed immoral. Despite this, the building’s doors are unlocked. Any character who listens at the
theater’s front entrance or investigates the windows can make a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. On a successful check, the character hears a muffled voice within. Characters who spend time surveilling the building see figures furtively open the front door and slip inside once every 10 minutes or so.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
20. Dock This stone dock was carved out of the asteroid. Despite its incalculable age, it’s sturdy and safe. Because the dock is built along the asteroid’s gravity plane, creatures can stand on its
inhospitable vacuum of space awaits. Ashtyrranthor Attacks! The adult red dragon Ashtyrranthor patrols the outside of the asteroid, staying inside its air envelope. If the characters stay on the dock for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
displaced. By Asmodeus’s decree, Bel now serves Zariel as an advisor, though the two can barely stand to be in each other’s presence. Despite the conflict within the diabolical ranks, Zariel runs a tight
— to fight face-to-face against the demon hordes in the Blood War. But the burden is a heavy one, and if given the chance, Zariel could be convinced to set it aside, release Elturel, and return to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
days inside the city before the duergar slavers start taking their measure. Arriving by way of the Darklake Docks is easier and more discreet. If the characters are traveling by boat, Buppido can
Sweltering heat and cloying smoke cling to every corner of the duergar city, spewing from smelters housed inside massive stalagmites and stalactites. These protrude from the cavern’s floor and ceiling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
19. Giant Spider Den Giant spiders make their home here despite countless attempts by adventurers to get rid of them. 19a. Arachnid Down Clutter. Narrow paths wind between scattered piles of broken
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Armoire. Standing against the south wall is a wooden armoire draped in cobwebs.
Treasure. The armoire contains the skeletal remains of a halfling adventurer who was trapped inside by giant spiders and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
are immortalized in the city’s museum.
3 The city’s creators used giant mimics as construction tools and beasts of burden.
4 Apprentice mages would graduate from the House of the Arcane and
also had the power to recharge magic items and control the weather.
8 Ythryn’s mages could extend their lives indefinitely by preserving their brains inside jars.
9 Wonders from across the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Returning from Avernus When the characters return from Avernus with the final piece of the Rod of Seven Parts, Kas—disguised as Mordenkainen—greets them inside the sanctum. He appears giddy yet
surprise, steal the rod, and flee to Pandemonium to free Miska the Wolf-Spider before confronting Vecna. Even if a character is already attuned to the rod, Kas plans to steal it. Despite what he has said
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
conflict taking place inside an elf’s mind. Elves keep their passion internalized because they learn at a young age that such feelings can become destructive when they are allowed to take control. Elves
Corellon’s light is a weakling and a fool. To most other elves, every drow is a traitor. Despite the rift between them, drow and other elves can deal with each other when necessary, avoiding violence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it, but that piece is enough to wrack the recipient with temporary mental anguish and violent
Movement. The allip can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
Unusual Nature. The allip
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
seeks to relieve this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it, but that piece is enough to wrack the recipient with temporary madness. The
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Incorporeal Movement. The allip can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
complaining about “the master” while the other talks about something he once fished out of the Darklake.
Map 4.5: Cultist Pens The three cave bears (use the polar bear statistics) are alert, despite
the scrutiny of a detect magic spell. Treasure Inside the tent are two flea-ridden bedrolls, a zurkhwood bucket containing edible fungi (the equivalent of two days of rations), and a wineskin full of Darklake Stout.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
recovery. Once the characters reach the gates, they can see that the truth lies somewhere in between. The characters must prove their goodwill to the deep gnomes before they are allowed inside. Once the
and tunnels where sound carries, eyes darting furtively, looking for signs of danger.
Despite their harsh outlook, svirfneblin are still gnomes, and many are as benevolent and joyful as their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
and his entrails hanging out like frayed ropes. Despite its intimidating presence, the apparition has a cringing light in its eyes. “Why do you invade my home? Begone, I beseech you!” Strahd refuses
seek.” Characters who follow Ulrich’s directions end up at area U5. Cellar Buried under rubble inside the mansion is a stone staircase that leads down to an intact cellar. A single character can clear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the painting and succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check notices a hinge that allows the frame to swing open. Doing so reveals a hidden shelf with a lockbox inside. The key from area 18 opens
Haunt. A malicious spirit animates the family portrait. The spirit isn’t one of the Halvhrests, despite its claims. The Halvhrests’ painted bodies perpetually melt and recongeal as the spirit speaks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
the frost giant brothers in area 9. Both ends of the lodge are exposed to the air, and its roof is intact despite the amount of ice on it. The lodge’s interior is one big, open space with a ceiling
. Northfolk Tents Three camps are set up inside the lodge, each one consisting of three sealskin tents around a smoldering campfire. Each tent contains two bedrolls and a few scattered fish bones. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Faith in Diversification Despite their supposed wisdom, many common clerics fail to grasp the simple concept of using the best tool for the job. To the devoted priest of Tempus, every problem is just
creatures, the changing weather, the shapes of buildings, other stuff.
3 In secret, you curse the burden your deity has placed on you.
4 You wonder often if you’re worthy of your deity’s gifts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
important to me than what he stands for. (Any)
2 Balance. Too much power in any one place is a threat to us all. (Lawful)
3 Selflessness. I accept the burden of knowledge so that others don’t
the god’s influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these: Keeping a dangerous secret despite personal cost Revealing a critical truth at an important moment Mediating a major
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
they visit other realms, particularly the Material Plane, githzerai feel sluggish and aren’t comfortable functioning in a landscape that they see as being locked in immutability. Despite their
githzerai travel, they sometimes bring a sliver of Limbo along. Before they set out, a cadre of powerful anarchs craft a citadel of adamantine out of the chaos-stuff around them. Inside the structure is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
already a creature inside the amphora, the target is restrained inside. As an action, the restrained creature can make a DC 14 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check, escaping from the amphora on a success. The
effect also ends if the amphora is destroyed. The amphora has AC 8, 20 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. In addition to taking action against those who don’t fit inside his amphora
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
highest check notices a halfling merchant watching them from the doorway of one of the bazaar’s shops. This is Emad, and he slips inside his shop as soon as he’s noticed. Emad’s Rug Shop Emad is a middle
despite scant evidence of wrongdoing, Emad’s usual clients and contacts are wary of being seen at his shop until things settle down. Additionally, Emad will show the characters his secret room if he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
parent’s shadow, and no one else will ever understand this burden.
2 I’ve seen enough of the adventuring life to have realistic expectations and empathy for my peers.
3 Living up to my
family.
3 Despite their absences, my famous parent was kind and generous. I love them and want to make them proud.
4 My parent once brought a cursed magic item home. It is my obsession
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Northern Smelter Smoke and Heat. Smoke fills this room, making the area lightly obscured. The temperature inside the room is a searing 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
Forge. Roaring flames fill a stone forge
out tremendous heat thanks to a fire elemental magically trapped inside it. Runes carved on the inside walls of the forge prevent the elemental from escaping or harming anyone outside the forge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
or extraordinary. The faithful of Purphoros often work on commission or sell their works, though some create strictly for themselves. (CORY TREGO-ERDNER) Just like the treasures forged inside them
more like an art museum than a cave inside a mountain. The priests know that one day the volcano will erupt, destroying their work but providing an opportunity to start afresh with newly inspired
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-thick layer of fog. The fog is absent inside the walls and around Spiderwatch Keep, the great edifice at the heart of the fortress (area 19). There are no light sources in or around the fortress. Anyone
drow in the courtyard, invaders must contend with the drow in the guard towers, who can target creatures both inside and outside the courtyard. Each of the guard towers (areas 18a through 18d) is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
extensively. Its Abora Market, just inside the city gates, is open to outsiders only on certain days, and Setessan merchants prefer to barter goods rather than accept currency. Despite these restrictions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
decades. Thick rime coats every surface and object inside the cabin, including a bed draped in a thick knit blanket. Beside the bed, a small hearth holds a precious store of firewood. The firewood is
location of the Frostmaiden’s island and, despite some close encounters with Auril’s roc, is willing to travel there. Angajuk’s boat can hold up to eight Medium creatures and their gear, and up to 1,000