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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
using the dagger, the creature’s soul is imprisoned inside the dagger, and that creature can be restored to life only by a wish spell. The dagger can hold a maximum of five souls.
For each
soul imprisoned in the dagger, your attacks with it deal an extra 1d4 necrotic damage on a hit. While the dagger is within 5 feet of you, your dreams are haunted by whispers from the trapped souls.
The
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
resurrection or wish spell.
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If Skall fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation. If Skall dies, he turns to dust. If his orrery of souls hasn’t
only leader the faction has ever had. A popular Duster legend holds that other than the Lady of Pain herself, Skall is Sigil’s oldest resident, the first creature to live and die in the City of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
wastrilith risk their very souls. Those who drink the poisonous liquid might wither away until they finally die, or they remain alive only to become thralls of chaos and evil. To represent this
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
carrionette and the target die. A protection from evil and good spell cast on the controlled body drives the carrionette out and returns the consciousness of both creatures to their original bodies
possesses a silver needle that pins its soul to its body. By posing as simple toys or hiding their desires, a carrionette gets close to an unsuspecting victim. It then uses its needle to swap souls
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
position of leadership normally held by an elder brain. Regardless, all such arcanists face the same stark fact: when they die, they will not join the host of minds in the elder brain—deviant
amethyst. The process requires at least three mind flayer arcanists and the sacrifice of an equal number of souls from living victims in a three-day-long ritual of spellcasting and psionic communion. Upon
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
appear, and they obey his commands. They remain until they die or Geryon uses an action to dismiss any or all of them.Geryon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one
; he loves to feel flesh and steel sundered beneath his claws and to taste his foes’ blood. Yet Geryon’s ferocity has also limited his ability to collect souls and forge an effective
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
to feel flesh and steel sundered beneath his claws and to taste his foes’ blood. Yet Geryon’s ferocity has also limited his ability to collect souls and forge an effective hierarchy
; (see the Monster Manual) to appear in unoccupied spaces of his choice within 600 feet of him. The minotaurs roll initiative when they appear, and they obey his commands. They remain until they die
Monsters
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
beyond the branches of the tree and carpet the forest floor of her realm.
Path to the Underworld. Tales are told of forlorn souls who, because of grief or madness over the loss of a loved one, have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
return with the grim realization that they’re trapped within the Mists. The souls of those who die and aren’t returned to life are trapped within the Domains of Dread. The Dark Powers might eventually
a domain even after being slain. Bright Souls. Some beings are like those who populate other worlds in the multiverse. Some live unremarkable lives, while others awake to their homes’ wrongness and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Souls and Shells Barovians are made of flesh and blood. They are born, they live, they age, and they die. But not all of them—only about one in every ten—have souls. When a being with a soul dies in
souls are empty shells created by his consciousness to fill out the local population. Although they are physically indistinguishable from Barovians with souls, they tend to be bereft of charm and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
with treasures spread across Oerth. Over time, this complex became known as the Tomb of Wayward Souls, since explorers would venture inside only to die. Laysa and her crew made some progress exploring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Death and the Planes Mortals that die eventually have their souls return as petitioners in far-flung reaches of the Outer Planes. There, they manifest as idealized versions of themselves. These forms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
place of all mortal souls are also explored here, along with what adventures the Underworld holds for Theros’s bravest heroes. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE?
When a soul arrives in the Underworld, it has
all the memories and skills it enjoyed in life. In all respects, it is identical to its living self, including its game statistics. Though souls can enjoy the acts of eating, drinking, and sleeping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
pledge their souls to him a single chance to escape from danger, but some cunning folk strike a deal with Levistus, pledging their souls to him in return for escape at a future date. This boon takes
creature’s hit points. This ability can be invoked as an action by the creature or when the creature would die. Once the creature uses it, the creature can’t use it again.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
’ souls reach the banks of the Tartyx River, they have with them the fare necessary to board Athreos’s skiff and pass on to the Underworld. Those who don’t have a coin with them when they die and aren’t
given funeral rites have no means to pay Athreos’s toll and thus have no way of reaching their place of rest. These lost souls primarily collect along the Tartyx’s shores where they languish or beg
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
The Victims The creatures clawing at the doors are not monsters at all. The cultists have used small tridents to impale six humanoids victims to the doors, leaving them to die as offerings to power
their terrible ritual. Once characters are within 30 feet of the poor souls, they can attempt a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check, with disadvantage due to the pouring rain, to realize that these people
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
from one generation to the next: The souls of those who die in Barovia can’t escape to the afterlife. They are prisoners in Strahd’s domain. Some Vistani women are blessed with prescience. Of all the
simple, frightened people. Some have old souls, but many do not. The soulless ones are easy to spot, for they know nothing but fear. They have no charm, hope, or spark, and they don’t cry. The Old
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
the number of souls a given demon has already consumed at the beginning of combat. This number is presented right under their hit points in a similar fashion: both as a die expression and as an
Demons and Souls Demons feast not on food or water, but on souls. These fuel their bloodthirsty powers, and while starved for souls, a demon can scarcely think. Soul Count A demon’s stat block states
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
redeem her and wish to live. Souls are Forfeit Characters who choose to serve Zariel must sign a contract (see appendix A) forfeiting their souls to the archdevil. She then returns such characters to
Elturel. As a sign of favor, she bestows a charm upon each character (see “Archdevil Charms”). Characters who die in Zariel’s service are reborn as lemures from the River Styx. They lose all memories of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Hades The layers of Hades are called the Three Glooms — places without joy, hope, or passion. A gray land with an ashen sky, Hades is the destination of many souls that are unclaimed by the gods of
the Upper Planes or the fiendish rulers of the Lower Planes. These souls become larvae and spend eternity in this place that lacks a sun, a moon, stars, or seasons. Leaching away color and emotion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
of Kreeg, the residents of Elturel are bound by the Creed Resolute to fight and die for Zariel in her endless war. Zariel’s Struggle In some ways, Zariel is a jewel in Asmodeus’s crown — a former
ship and instills fear in her legions. Retribution against those who attempt to betray her is swift and terrible. War for Souls Souls are the most prized commodities in the Nine Hells. The Blood War
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
River Guide cares only for the single coin he’s owed by any who board his skiff. During the feast of the Necrologion, which gives its name to the eighth month in the calendar of Meletis, pious souls
silently spend the day reading ancient memoirs or writing messages for their own descendants. (RYAN BARGER) MYTHS OF ATHREOS
Athreos eternally performs a remarkable labor, ferrying mortal souls to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Lure Lights When aboleths die, their souls sometimes gather in clusters called lure lights. These 100-foot-diameter collections of pale, yellow lights are found in the deep ocean below depths of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
accept their upcoming fate with optimism or resignation, but some react by throwing themselves back into the labors of life with a frenzy other elves consider unbecoming. Elves who die of old age
without experiencing Transcendence are believed to have been denied admission to Arvandor, and thus their souls pass on to other planes and are never reincarnated. The living are left to guess why this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Introduction Something evil is trapping the souls of the dead and draining life from all who have been raised from death by magic. This worldwide “death curse” not only prevents the raising of the
dead but also causes creatures that were previously raised from the dead to wither and die. The source of this death curse lies in a trap-riddled tomb hidden beneath a lost city in the depths of a vast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Character Death When a character dies, the player has a few options. Soul Binding The rebel Red Wizards can use the mighty magic of the Doomvault, which traps souls, to raise fallen adventurers as
soul-bound dead. If a player chooses this option, the dead character returns to play with no changes. Syranna warns such characters that a soul-bound creature created in this way will die permanently
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Hades The layers of Hades are called the Three Glooms—places without joy, hope, or passion. A gray land with an ashen sky, Hades is the destination of many souls that are unclaimed by gods or Fiends
. These souls become larvae and spend eternity in this place, which lacks a sun, a moon, stars, or seasons. Leaching away color and emotion, the gloom on this plane is more than most visitors can stand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
a lost hero from the Labyrinth of Memories on Nerono.
4 Free a legendary lost ship and the souls aboard from the endless Nerono whirlpool they’re trapped within.
5 Meet with your family’s
binds.
11 Lead an immortal anvilwrought to Erebos’s palace and convince the god to let the construct die.
12 Discover why Erebos is no longer allowing certain individuals to die.
13
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Godefroys’ souls lingered at Gryphon Hill. In death, Wilfred is haunted by the ghosts of his family, recent and the past generations, who blame him for their deaths and the family’s disgrace. A generation
villain. He inherited the mantle of Darklord of the new domain of Mordent. Since then, Wilfred has claimed lordship of all who die in Mordent. He knows the location of the Apparatus and seeks to master
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
that mortals must suffer and die at the whims of these entities. In Orcus, they see the promise of release from pain without the demand of obedience. In the state of undeath that Orcus offers, they will
cause are admitted to the cult. Those who have second thoughts and attempt to decline are destroyed, their souls condemned to the Outer Planes while their bodies are animated as skeletons and zombies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
to make the ultimate sacrifice and die in a blaze of glory. Kind Moa wants to free the souls trapped inside the Soulmonger. Greedy Nangnang urges her host to search the balconies and bone-filled
cylindrical device is the Soulmonger. The malformed creature floating next to it is an atropal (see appendix D), which feeds on the captured souls of the dead. The atropal attacks any creature that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Wraith Essence of Evil Habitat: Planar (Shadowfell), Underdark; Treasure: None Wraiths are spectral evils, life-hungry embodiments of malice and terror. Arising from the souls of tyrants, moments of
catastrophic pain, or magical blasphemies, wraiths spread suffering and the torment of undeath. Humanoids that die near a wraith might be entrapped by the foul spirit and rise as specters bound to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
succumb to the evil of Acererak, and their souls are devoured. WHO IS ACERERAK?
Acererak is a powerful lich known and feared throughout the multiverse. Much of his past is forgotten, but ancient texts
precious time. Mostly he likes to watch them suffer and die as a result of their magical pursuits and folly.
Although he has lived on many worlds and crafted countless demiplanes, Acererak spends most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
contains the souls of murder victims whose bodies were thrown into the sea. A DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check reveals that this mist is ghost fog. The souls of the dead want the living to join them
. Every hour a ship is immersed in ghost fog, roll any die. On an even number, 2d4 hostile specters appear and attack those on the ship. If a humanoid creature dies in ghost fog, its spirit rises as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
youthful features similar to those of other elves, although their skin remains deathly pale. Immortal Servants. The shadar-kai know that when they die, the Raven Queen captures their souls and returns
of lost souls. Any adventurers who travel to the Nine Hells to procure a vial of this powder will likely draw the attention of the shadar-kai, who will attempt to steal or barter for it. Adventurers