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supplied for the ritual. If the target was a dead dragonâs body, the body reanimates, and the gem is inhabited by an evil dragon spirit from the Outer Planes. The dracolich is under no obligation toward its creators and acts according to its nature.
cover. The Tome of the Dragon contains the secret ritual to transform a dragon or a dead dragonâs body into a dracolich.
To decipher and use the Tome of the Dragon, you must be either a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
the Dungeon Masterâs Guide). The comprehensive illustrations and instructions in a manual detail the process for creating a golem of a particular type. âBeyond the unopenable doors lay a grand hall
of its body, requiring great command of the craft of sculpting, stonecutting, ironworking, or surgery. Sometimes a golemâs creator is the master of the art, but often the individual who desires a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Moa or Wongo receive advice when entering this area: Kind Moa suggests freeing the shackled creatures. Violent Wongo urges his host to stab the body
out of the mist into an underground chapel with black basalt pillars and a polished obsidian altar. Resting on the altar is a leather bag the size and shape of a human body, and which appears to have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
soul by swearing to hunt down his own kind. Later, he volunteered to join Zariel on her crusade into the Nine Hells. Stirges now swarm back and forth from Janderâs body, preserving his existence by
him a pitiful look. She then admits to the characters that sheâs made a mistake leading them here and needs to ponder her dreams in more detail to discern the Bleeding Citadelâs whereabouts.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragonâs body might be swallowed suddenly in mud.
2 The dragon uses its breath weapon one last time.
3 The dragonâs body transforms into stone, metal, lava, ice, or mist. Or the body
surge of life energy erupts from the dragon, causing each creature within 120 feet of the body to gain the benefit of finishing a long rest.
6 The body is drawn through a portal to the lair of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Kinds of Treasure Use these guidelines in conjunction with the information in the Dungeon Master's Guide to detail treasures adventurers might find in ancient ruins built by giants. Coins Giants
Master's Guide) is worth 1,000 gp. Art Objects The art objects found in ancient giants' ruins reflect the societies and types of giants that once inhabited them. For example, ancient stone giant art is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
asks the characters their business and listens intently. Though she has never met Shalfey, she knows of the elder sage and thinks well of him. If the characters detail their memories from the memory
her calculations. She tells the characters the shooting star fell in Therno Pass, a small region of the Tegefed Mountains inhabited by Aberrations called derro. All she knows about this group of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
journalâs author didnât build the bridge or the tower. The bridge bears a magical ward, but the writer is far too clever to be taken in by a mere magical trap and hasnât studied it in detail. Godletâs
, as its descriptions contain no mocking observations. Naga Lair. The journalâs author describes a swamp-covered nodule inhabited by skulking nagas who lure travelers to their doom with subterfuge and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
turned on the others, killing noble Siberys and scattering the pieces of his body. Eberron fought Khyber, but couldnât defeat the dark wyrm. And so Eberron wound Khyber in her coils and transformed
, source of demons and foul things. And the ring around our world is the broken body of Siberys, the Dragon Above, whose blood is the source of all magic.
This cosmic struggle was merely the first of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Moon Type Distance to Outer Edge of System Valt Spherical earth body (detached moon) 1,500 million miles (15 daysâ travel) Fyreen Spherical earth body with one moon (Crios) 1,400 million miles (14
daysâ travel) Malas Spherical water body orbited by a moon-sized spindle of ice 1,200 million miles (12 daysâ travel) Aruun (one of the nine moons of En) Spherical earth body 1,000 million miles (10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
Yourself
When youâre preparing an adventure to run for your friends, you donât need to write hundreds of pages describing each location in exhaustive detail. You can run a game with no more written
images that can inspire your mapmaking. Bringing a Location to Life An inhabited adventure location has its own ecosystem. The creatures that live there need to eat, drink, breathe, and sleep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
M10. Treasury This solitary building is set atop a small floating islet within an area of open space punched down through the main body of the monasteryâs island. It is held aloft on its own
drawn into the jar, where it remains desperate to be reunited with its body. As with the other brains in jars, this brain can be negotiated with. If a character succeeds on a DC 15 Charisma (Deception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
? How does this threat connect to the Darklord seeking their desires? Consider who might need the charactersâ aid and might guide them to deeper mysteries. Detail Key Locations. Briefly describe distinct
innocents.
6 The Darklord possesses the body of someone the adventurers care about.
7 The Darklord possesses the body of one of the adventurers.
8 The Darklord invites the adventurers to a negotiation, promising nonviolent solutions to a conflict.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
Symbiotic Being A second being resides within your body along with you. It manifests physically somewhere on you and relies on you for its survival. At the same time, it offers you knowledge and
, it might strive to interfere with you. There is no way to be rid of the symbiote while you have this Dark Gift. Even if you go to drastic lengths, such as severing the part of your body where the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
graven vessel, a statue specially prepared to house the souls of these protectors. The eidolon then animates the effigy and uses the borrowed body to drive out the intruders bent on plundering the
eidolon has few methods for protecting itself beyond its ability to awaken its sacred vessels. When a foe enters, the eidolon leaps into action by merging its body with one of several statues at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
corpse also yields more valuable belongings (see âTreasureâ below). Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Papazotl or Shagambi receive advice when entering this area
parallel reality. Characters who walk the length of the circular corridor notice that Devlinâs body is no longer present â nor are any companions who waited behind for them. If they step back through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the cylinder. Its body is wet and malformed, its arms and legs are atrophied, and its oversized head drips black goo. The creature is attached to the cylinder by a twisted umbilical cord.
The
north balcony are lined with alcoves containing piles of skulls and bones â the remains of Old Omuans and their minotaur protectors. Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by trickster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortuneâs Wheel
across the fissure. The structures obscure a great shape within the cavity: a giant, fossilized, multilimbed body.
At the seamâs base stands a glimmering, crooked tower with a prominent gate. Two
donât comment on the mysterious body their city is sealing back into the Spire. Feel free to develop or ignore this mystery as you please. CoupleOfKooks âRilmani abet good, evil, law, and chaos to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
jowls, and its trunk is raised in a roar. Inscriptions coil around the statueâs body, and murals on the walls show a Chultan warrior riding a living mastodon through a series of hellish landscapes. In
fighting spined devils, bearded devils, barbed devils, horned devils, and erinyes. Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Iâjin, Oboâlaka, or Shagambi receive advice when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
folding its legs beside its body and slithering like a snake. Behirs swallow their prey whole, after which they enter a period of dormancy while they digest. While dormant, a behir chooses a hiding place
against the dragons, and behirs retain a natural hatred for dragonkind. A behir never makes its lair in an area it knows to be inhabited by a dragon. If a dragon attempts to establish a lair within a few
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
atop it. Paintings on the chariotâs body show a tall bird with a long, sharp beak. On the south wall, a bronze shield bears the embossed image of a Chultan warrior carrying a spear, below an inscription
.
Papazotlâs bones are contained within the sarcophagus, but they are well protected (see âGlass Cauldronsâ and âBronze Shieldâ below). Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
âTerracotta Warriorsâ below). To steal Shagambiâs treasures, characters must move quietly. Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Unkh or Wongo receive advice when entering
Nine Trickster Gods"). When Shagambiâs spirit manifests, read: Six shadowy serpents slither out of the mandolin and coil around your body. You hear a purring voice in your mind say, âI am not your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
chambers are connected by vertical or steeply sloped tunnels that the beholder carves out of the surrounding stone, each passage barely large enough to admit the beholderâs body. Enemies that are too big
often inhabited by shriekers, which act as an early warning system. Traps A room not dedicated to some other purpose could be festooned with a variety of traps. In addition to traps that are meant to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, however, a faculty member needs to shut down the festival, which becomes increasingly rowdy later into the night. The following subsections detail the ways in which the characters can join the fun. Perform
captain 5 Paranoid wizard 6 Businessperson transformed into a cat 7 Swashbuckling servant 8 Bawdy noble 9 Mage who canât control their magic 10 Toddler in an adultâs body 11 Adult in a toddlerâs body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
encountered in its lesser form. When this form is destroyed, the emissaryâs body collapses into a gory slurry. It then instantly returns in its greater form. Only if the emissary is defeated in its greater
the traits and actions of the previous form and gains those of the new form. The accompanying stat blocks detail both of the emissaryâs forms.
Lesser Form A star spawn emissaryâs lesser form allows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
) is highly intelligent and quite the boaster. In ancient lore it was considered to be related to the moon, a fact of which it is quite proud. During combat the slug will detail, in Olman, what it has
and conceal itself in the moat. If the characters allow themselves to be helped, the slug will precede them to the north side of the moat and stretch its body across the gap, making it appear to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
shelves contain books of Feywild lore, all written in Elvish, each of which has a withered frogâs body stitched into its spine. Kissing the frog or stroking it with a moistened finger causes the frog to
, ownership, and reciprocity in detail (see âRules of Conductâ in chapter 2). Twilight Tides is a fat, wrinkled book about navigating the oceans of the Feywild. After two books were stolen from her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
marketplace, increasing the horror and the body count each time. Growing Corruption. As time passes, the villainâs power and influence grow, affecting more victims across a larger area. This might take the
characters you need to create, as well as how much detail you need to generate for each one. NPCs unlikely to become involved in combat donât need full combat statistics, for example, just as characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
inhabited by the spirits of Iâjin or Kubazan receive advice when entering this area: Fickle Iâjin suggests waiting for the sarcophagus to turn gold before trying to open it. (Gold is Iâjinâs favorite color
sarcophagus receives a supernatural gift from Acererak that varies based on the keyâs color. The character becomes aware of the gift when Acererakâs arcane sigil appears somewhere on his or her body. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
order, and his body lies atop a floor tile bearing the âfootâ hieroglyph. A search of the body yields some valuables (see âTreasureâ below). Four torches light the room. As long as they remain in
their brackets, they never burn out. If a torch is removed from its bracket, it burns down normally. Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Nangnang or Shagambi receive advice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
their body language, like an actor taking on a role. You still need to describe things that canât reasonably be acted out.
An active approach to roleplaying Bartho, an inexperienced guard prone to
help you set the mood or describe aspects of the location, while others detail important gameplay information, like the depth of the keepâs moat (in case a creature falls into it).
Coupleofkooks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Most of her body is hidden under billowy robes and tightly wrapped black bandages. Jessamine trades in plants, herbs, poison, and sanctioned assassination. Murder is illegal in Port Nyanzaru, as it is
survived the gauntlet of undead and dinosaur attacks, making it back to Port Nyanzaru in a canoe laden with treasure. Thereâs no doubt heâs led a life of adventure; his body bears many scars from his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Mortuary Locations The following sections detail locations in the Mortuary. Each section includes a map of the location and an encounter designed to showcase the locationâs unique elements. You can
encounter, characters seeking a missing body must find their quarry among the other dead, whether for themselves, another faction, or an interested party in Sigil. During the charactersâ search, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
after the table to determine related details and story hooks. Island Theme d6 Theme 1 Alien 2 Cursed 3 Hostile 4 Sanctum 5 Welcoming 6 Wild Alien Alien islands are inhabited by isolated creatures
random place on their body. Only a remove curse spell or similar magic removes the scar. 6 When a creature that isnât an inhabitant of the island completes a long rest there, it must succeed on a DC 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
fixated with a single type or body of water, potentially preferring a deep sea trench, coastline, or river system above all others. Over time, such a resident nymph often becomes connected with their
refuse to knowingly destroy any land inhabited by another nymph. While they wonât work to alter the natural course of destruction, neither will they make another nymphâs home part of any calamity they