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Returning 15 results for 'digging instant are bodies'.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
more than create life—she could defeat death! She wished to breathe sentience into dead flesh and produce sturdier shells than the bodies of fragile, temporary mortals. She added corpse theft to her
. Mordenheim desperately hastened her experiments, employing anyone who would bring her bodies—both newly dead and still living. On her operating table, victims were killed, returned to life, and died again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
continue digging the place out, while their masters stay inside the part that has already been opened up. It’s here that preparations are being made for the sacrifice of the yuan-ti’s prisoners. When the
the lid of the sarcophagus glows brightly for an instant. Then the sarcophagus comes open partway, and the bound prisoners howl in agony. Even after the evil yuan-ti notice the characters, their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
” in area B6. (The githyanki know that this person is digging a hole, but they don’t volunteer this information to the characters, as the githyanki hope the hole will ultimately provide them with a
Shalfi Lewin used to sleep here until he became obsessed with digging. He hasn’t been here in days. Treasure. The cask contains only weak ale, but its gold stopper is worth 850 gp. B9: Shalfi’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
through which its wielder can assail a foe both physically and psychically. The weapon is particularly effective on the Astral Plane against any travelers who are connected to their physical bodies by a
silver cord — a strike against such an enemy has a chance of severing the silver cord, causing instant death. Knights and their silver swords are inseparable, and a knight will fight to the death to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the ruins for bodies. This was Splugoth, unconvinced by Hoobur Gran’Shoop that the orrery component known to be held by the Golden Mongoose company is gone from the area; see the note in area 12 of
the Grounds With the jackalwere and her pack defeated or driven off, the characters can search the grounds. If they search in the area where the jackals were digging, see “Survivor” below. If they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
desiccated and skeletal humanoid corpses litter the floor of this small chamber. The stone of the north wall has been etched with intricate runes, but the pattern ends abruptly.
Bodies and Runes. A closer
examination of the still-intact bodies reveals that each bears tattoos matching the runes carved on the walls. The corpses wear a wide range of clothing and armor, but have been stripped of all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
gp. D3: Inner Cave A pool lies at the north end of this natural cavern. On the cavern’s east wall, a rough-hewn tunnel opens five feet above ground level. Sounds of digging emanate from the tunnel
leather boots protrude from a mound of fallen rock.
The corpses of fifteen derro and twelve Humanoid hunters lie on the floor, all casualties of the cave-in. More bodies are buried beneath the rocks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
forest have been turned to objects of glossy white stone with blood-red flecks. 4 The battlefield before the characters contains no bodies, only the clothing and weapons of thousands of missing soldiers
. 5 The broken bodies of soldiers lie scattered across a battlefield, refusing to decompose. 6 The characters find a fallen warforged colossus (described later in this section). Creatures of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
morally suspect, such as corpse collectors, opportunistic scavengers who scrape out a living by gathering bodies throughout the ward and delivering them to the Mortuary for meager payouts. Rain is more
the next stage of death undeterred. The bulk of the faction’s workforce consists of skeletons, zombies, and other dull-minded Undead whose bodies were donated to the Mortuary by their owners in life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
of this long hallway. The north wall has three doors, and the south wall bears an elaborate carving of a procession of dwarf priests carrying wrapped bodies.
There is a crypt haunting in this
bodies and stitched up any wounds. The basin is empty except for a few pumice stones. Center Room. Attendants here placed a sanctified gemstone within the corpse’s chest. The basin once held dozens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
) grazing
3 2d4 ankylosaurus (attitude: 1d8) digging a nest
4 2d4 allosaurus (attitude: 1d6) engaged in territorial threat displays
5 1 aerosaur* (attitude: 1d8) slowly circling
6 1
: 1d12) searching for an advantage against a rival kraken
10 2 water elementals (attitude: 1d10) diligently making furrows in the sand using their bodies, creating a sprawling pattern
11 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
goblin hauling a bucket of garbage to area 17e 4 1d4 goblins with shovels, either digging through rubble or heading to a dig site 5 1d3 bugbears who sneer at visitors and make rude comments as they
to telepathically summon its thralls from area 21f to kill anyone who knows its secret. (It hides the bodies in area 22.) The room’s centerpiece consists of two elegant chairs made of petrified wood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
bodies and minds melded into a single monstrosity. Iriolarthas imprisoned the thing in this empty well so that its latent telepathic powers could be tapped by the city’s elite. A short obituary is
the number of excavators (minimum 1 hour). The crawling claws don’t count as diggers, nor do they attack characters who join the digging effort. Quite the contrary: they get visibly excited as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
structure’s integrity.) Giants that stand low in the ordning are assigned to manage slaves and mining operations. Excavating mine shafts and digging out ore is important work, but smelting and metalwork
enemies are memorialized in trophies, too, but only rarely do giants put the heads or bodies on display. A human hero’s greatsword or a wizard’s staff is a more appropriate trophy in such cases. A frost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
skulls shattered and caved in.
The bones are the remains of three duergar, ghastly remnants of the illithids’ invasion long ago. A character who studies the bodies and succeeds on a DC 16
digging at the rock face. Along the length of the cliff runs an elevated set of rickety mine cart tracks.
Three feral ashenwights and three psionic ashenwights (see appendix A) occupy the cliff’s