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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Armor of Spiders (Mythic Trait; Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If Arasta is reduced to 0 hit points, she doesn’t die or fall unconscious. Instead, she regains 200 hit points. In
, where they consider home, and what brought them to her web.
Arasta casts the giant insect spell (spiders only). It lasts until she uses this lair action again or until she dies.
Regional Effects
Backgrounds
Tomb of Annihilation
books and scrolls, but also through first-hand observation—by visiting far-flung settlements and exploring local histories and customs.
Skill Proficiencies: Insight, ReligionLanguages
’s the point in saving people if they’re going to die anyway? (Chaotic)
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Bond
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My mentor gave me a journal filled with lore and wisdom. Losing it would devastate me
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
into nightmarish, frog-like monstrosities. While affected, the creature cannot take reactions and must roll a die at the start of each of its turns. If the die result is odd, the creature must use its
action and all of its available movement to move to area 6, enter the pool, and remain underwater. If the die result is even, the hallucinating creature attacks the nearest creature to it, treating it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
into nightmarish, frog-like monstrosities. While affected, the creature cannot take reactions and must roll a die at the start of each of its turns. If the die result is odd, the creature must use its
action and all of its available movement to move to area 6, enter the pool, and remain underwater. If the die result is even, the hallucinating creature attacks the nearest creature to it, treating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
-floor. A large table lies on its side, one leg broken. A five-foot-wide tunnel in the floor to the east leads down.
Most of the books in this library have been destroyed by time and neglect. The
group of adventurers Dzaan hired to help him search the spire removed all the books they considered valuable, including spellbooks. They left behind a few that might interest certain characters: Magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
transport the chest to Droaam from Wroat. If the characters refuse, Garra attacks. Garra is willing to die for Daask and fights accordingly. Garra doesn’t know what is in books or schemas, as these
books, and three paper schemas in scroll tubes. Each book and schema is written in a magically coded language that can’t be read by the comprehend languages spell. Finding a way to read these documents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
some D&D games and for some players. DM Screen A DM screen shields your books, notes, and die rolls from your players. (See the “Ensuring Fun for All” section later in this chapter for more about when
and why you might want to hide die rolls.) Most DM screens have art on the outward-facing panels and handy rules information on the inside-facing panels. Others might be made of fancy wood or sculpted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
some D&D games and for some players. DM Screen A DM screen shields your books, notes, and die rolls from your players. (See the “Ensuring Fun for All” section later in this chapter for more about when
and why you might want to hide die rolls.) Most DM screens have art on the outward-facing panels and handy rules information on the inside-facing panels. Others might be made of fancy wood or sculpted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Tree Stride Tropical Land Druid Level Circle Spells 3 Acid Splash, Ray of Sickness, Web 5 Stinking Cloud 7 Polymorph 9 Insect Plague Level 3: Land’s Aid As a Magic action, you can expend a use
there for 1 minute or until you have the Incapacitated condition or die. You and your allies have Half Cover while in that area, and your allies gain the current Resistance of your Nature’s Ward while there. As a Bonus Action, you can move the Cube up to 60 feet to ground within 120 feet of yourself.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
frame, the top of which is carved in the likeness of a yawning homunculus (see “Magic Mirror” below).
Furniture. A desk and a chair formed out of lacquer-covered books stand near the north wall
ascertain that the spellbooks belonged to many different wizards. Some look much older than others. A coating of thick lacquer gives these furnishings a glass-like sheen and prevents the books from being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
dark iron 4 A small journal with leathery pages; any words you write in it slowly disappear 5 A four-sided die carved with strange markings 6 A cameo with the silhouette of an unknown species 7 A
preserved finger with purple flesh and four joints 8 A perfectly preserved eye; if you set it down, it rotates to follow your movement 9 A small box; when opened, you alone hear screaming 10 A preserved insect; you’ve never seen another like it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
seeking love might fixate on a young beauty. A child might become an object of fascination for a vampire obsessed with youth and potential. Others surround themselves with art, books, or sinister items
monster, shot him with arrows. But he did not die. He became a vampire — the first vampire, according to many sages.
In the centuries since his transformation, Strahd’s lust for life and youth have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
, several tables with books and papers, and a mirror on a floor stand. Light comes from two oil lamps. Thick rugs completely cover the floor, including an open chute that drops down to area 9. A rope
dedicated her life to the Cult of the Dragon, but she isn’t eager to die for the cult. Mondath knows that the Cult is amassing treasure in the north and that Rezmir spoke often of Tiamat, but that is the extent of her knowledge of the larger plan.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
drawn. Unusual Numbers. Using cards instead of dice allows you to choose from a set number of options that doesn’t correspond to the number of sides on a typical die or combination of dice, such as odd
Many Things describes meanings for those cards, and the Curse of Strahd adventure summarizes the meanings of tarokka cards. Various books and websites explain the meanings of tarot cards.
Sidharth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
strange human-animal mixtures—pig-human, ape-human, and dog-human—going about various tasks. Certain of the frescoes show rooms of some building—a library filled with many books and scrolls, the door
and keyed.
The iron men of visage grim do more than meets the viewer’s eye.
You’ve left and left and found my tomb, and now your souls will die.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
splintered, but otherwise well preserved. A scorched iron chest stands near the foot of one of the beds.
This room contains the restless spirit of the last wizard to die here: Mormesk the wraith. He is not
. (The wraith doesn’t explain what a spectator is. It merely points toward area 15.) Once it receives its gift, the wraith allows characters to peruse its books and keep the secret map in one of them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
tables with books and papers, and a mirror on a floor stand. Light comes from two oil lamps. Thick rugs completely cover the floor, including an open chute that drops down to area 9. A rope ladder is
, Mondath might retreat down the chute to area 9 and join forces with Cyanwrath or even flee from the cave. She has dedicated her life to the Cult of the Dragon, but she isn’t eager to die for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
for harming others. When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can mark the creature until the end of your next turn. This effect ends early if you are incapacitated or you die, or if
creatures nearby. If you or a creature you can see within 5 feet of you is hit by an attack, you can roll 1d8 as a reaction if you’re wielding a melee weapon or a shield. Roll the die, and add the number
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the city. Kwayothé Deals in fruit, wine, ale, tej, oil, perfume, and insect repellent Kwayothé (NE female Chultan human priest wearing a ring of fire resistance) is calm and contemplative in a way
every last vestige of the Chultan royal families. She considers Zhanthi her mortal enemy and has grown impatient waiting for the old noblewoman to die. Although she hides her contempt well, Kwayothé is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
9 Tree Stride
Tropical Land Druid Level Circle Spells
3 Acid Splash, Ray of Sickness, Web
5 Stinking Cloud
7 Polymorph
9 Insect Plague
Level 3: Land’s Aid As
-foot Cube on the ground within 120 feet of yourself. They last there for 1 minute or until you have the Incapacitated condition or die. You and your allies have Half Cover while in that area, and your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
from a sturdy frame of whale ribs.
Books and scrolls are stacked neatly on tables and reading stands made of hide and whalebone. The only furnishings in the shelter not made from these natural
point of arrogance, believing that even if she is fated to die as a dragon’s plaything, she will have accomplished something magnificent first. As such, the tiefling sets out terms for her rescue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
suspended from a sturdy frame of whale ribs.
Books and scrolls are stacked neatly on tables and reading stands made of hide and whalebone. The only furnishings in the shelter not made from these natural
of arrogance, believing that even if she is fated to die as a dragon’s plaything, she will have accomplished something magnificent first. As such, the tiefling sets out terms for her rescue, saying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
brought them to her web. Arasta casts the giant insect spell (spiders only). It lasts until she uses this lair action again or until she dies. Regional Effects. The region containing Arasta’s lair is
or Long Rest). If Arasta is reduced to 0 hit points, she doesn’t die or fall unconscious. Instead, she regains 200 hit points. In addition, Arasta’s children immediately swarm over her body to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
taught you that even the most mundane flora and natural materials can be used to wondrous effect.
4 While lost in the Underdark, you were forced to consume mold, fungus, and insect parts to survive
lenses to gain accuracy in combat, gaining advantage on a weapon attack roll (no action required). If that attack hits, roll one additional weapon damage die. This property of the lenses can’t be used
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
are set like oversized stepping stones.
Demonic Faces. The mouths of these relief carvings are the source of the magical breeze. Insect Floor. The floor is 2 feet below the level of the doors and
filled completely with dead insects along with occasional bones, making it difficult terrain. Pit Traps. Scattered through the room, hidden beneath the blanket of insect bodies, are several pit traps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
finds a hidden compartment in one of the shelved books. Inside is a Spell Scroll of Protection from Evil and Good. N6: Tomb of the Knight A stone, gold-painted sarcophagus rests in the center of this
more, the character also finds a Hat of Disguise tucked beneath one of the unused cots. N14: Eldritch Library Crooked shelves filled with books and scrolls stand against the walls. In the center of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
intricate, abstruse patterns nearby. 19–27 Local plants and animals share a malevolent intelligence. Roll a d6. On a 1–2, an insect plague spell is centered on one random creature in the region. On a 3–4
—perhaps an antique box, stone cairn, or tree stump sealed with rocks—radiates palpable malice. The first time a creature opens it, roll a die. If you roll an even number, the creature receives a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
against the pirates because he tried to rescue important books and scrolls from the burning abbey, and a collapsing hall closed a doorway behind him. He was forced to abandon the written works, and he
knocked him unconscious. He was left for dead and later dragged to safety by clerics retreating to the cellars. He is embarrassed that he did not die in the battle and will not make that mistake twice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Ten-Towns, which the characters can discover if they search his fortress. The characters will die if they face Xardorok too soon. They must test their mettle against the horrors that haunt the
founders, the Dinev family, brought with them an extensive collection of rare books. That collection, stored here, was burned by orcs when the castle was sacked many years ago. The room has not been
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
, spider climb, web
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, plant growth, vampiric touch
4th level (3 slots): blight, giant insect, grasping vine
5th level (2 slots): cloudkill, insect plague
6th
growth
4th level (2 slots): blight, giant insect
Actions
Quarterstaff. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage, or 6 (1d8 + 2) bludgeoning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
characters who don’t get in the way. The door leading north into Lottie’s domain is not locked. Lottie assumes that anyone coming this way is a staff member on legitimate business, or is looking to die
if the characters try to explain themselves or do a deal with her. She is generally forthright in her answers (because she’s proud of her brilliance and expects the characters to die), revealing any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
include a cook named Dhavit, two maids named Madalena and Amalthia, and a valet named Haliq. The servants know Lady Wachter’s secrets, but they would sooner die than betray her. N4i. Parlor Lady Wachter
cover debts, and the books that remain aren’t particularly valuable. Use the Random Books table (see chapter 4, area K37) to determine the subject matter of a particular book. A section of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. The maximum number of dice you can expend at once equals your Charisma modifier (minimum of one die). Roll the dice you expend, and restore a number of Hit Points equal to the roll’s total. Your
Spells Warlock Level Spells
3 Burning Hands, Command, Scorching Ray, Suggestion
5 Fireball, Stinking Cloud
7 Fire Shield, Wall of Fire
9 Geas, Insect Plague
Level 6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
afterward, rather than continue the search on his own. When he’s not straining at some feat of athleticism, he’s reading books of poetry.
Alignment. Neutral good.
Personality Trait. “I treat my
was the worst of Waterdeep’s slumlords: ruthless, miserly, and coldhearted. I suppose I’d better do some good before I die.”
Bond. “My spinning wheel is the key to my redemption.”
Flaw. “Yes, I’m
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
afterward, rather than continue the search on his own. When he’s not straining at some feat of athleticism, he’s reading books of poetry.
Alignment. Neutral good.
Personality Trait. “I treat my
the worst of Waterdeep’s slumlords: ruthless, miserly, and coldhearted. I suppose I’d better do some good before I die.”
Bond. “My spinning wheel is the key to my redemption.”
Flaw. “Yes, I’m