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Curse of Strahd
);{"diceNotation":"1d6+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Silvered Sword","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage (silvered sword).Several months ago, a colorfully dressed half-elf bard came to Barovia in a
in search of new actors, he began regaling locals with tales of distant lands.
Monster Hunter. The half-elf ringmaster is, in fact, a legendary human vampire hunter named Rudolph van Richten. Van
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
cavern. Some of the crystal faces reflect distorted images of the cavern, while others flicker with scenes of the lich-god Vecna visiting destruction on distant worlds.
Three tunnels branch off the
, so the creature can’t leave the unreality and return to the tunnel. E2a. Images of Kas the Betrayer flicker on the walls of this tunnel. In each reflection, Vecna torments Kas, who appears powerless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Deep Dragon Treasures Deep dragons adore goods from distant lands, especially if those goods are unique. They hoard mementos of memorable hunts or exploring expeditions. They love gemstones in deep
the interior by swimming through an underwater cave
7 A magic chandelier that projects images of the most inaccessible places in the world on the wall, changing the images each time the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Dream Level 5 Illusion (Bard, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Special
Components: V, S, M (a handful of sand)
Duration: 8 hours
You target a creature you know on the same plane
, creating landscapes, objects, and other images. The messenger can emerge from the trance at any time, ending the spell. The target recalls the dream perfectly upon waking. If the target is awake when you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Dream Level 5 Illusion (Bard, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Special
Components: V, S, M (a handful of sand)
Duration: 8 hours
You target a creature you know on the same plane
, creating landscapes, objects, and other images. The messenger can emerge from the trance at any time, ending the spell. The target recalls the dream perfectly upon waking. If the target is awake when you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
doesn’t deny it and insists they’ll never escape without his help. The séance ends with Dalk’s message followed by the house awakening and the sound of Mara’s distant scream. Mara Silvra: “FIND ME BELOW
house’s spirits think Mara is attempting to escape and awaken the house to prevent this. Theodora Halvhrest: “GET THEM OUT”. Theodora shares a vision with all the characters in the room. Spectral images
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Bardic Colleges In addition to the tradition of apprenticing with a master bard, the Sword Coast has some bardic colleges where masters teach students the bardic arts. They hark back to the great
bardic colleges of the distant past, particularly the seven elder colleges: Fochlucan, Mac-Fuirmidh, Doss, Canaith, Cli, Anstruth, and Ollamh. These seven are said to be the origin of the instrument of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
reveal information, whether in the form of secrets long forgotten, glimpses of the future, the locations of hidden things, the truth behind illusions, or visions of distant people or places.
Enchantment
. Some illusions create phantom images that any creature can see, but the most insidious illusions plant an image directly in the mind of a creature.
Necromancy spells manipulate the energies of life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
inscribed with images of Chultan feasting rituals (25 gp), an Omuan death mask made of painted gold (250 gp), and a helm of telepathy. THE KING OF FEATHERS
The monstrous tyrannosaurus known as the
Feathers can be encountered anywhere within Omu. At first, tease the characters with glimpses of it moving through distant fog or have them hear its roar echoing over the ruins. It might appear while the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the ruined city depicted in mural F. He is willing to guide the party there. If the golem sees the murals, it looks confused or reacts with vague recognition as it tries to recall images from its
fractured memory. Each mural measures 10 feet by 10 feet and has a caption below it written in Draconic. The images are described below. Mural A This mural shows three wizards wearing strange hats and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
result from the Spy Personas table to inspire a spy’s disguise.
Spy Personas 1d4 The Spy Disguises Themself As...
1 A bard or traveling performer.
2 A captive or servant of a monster
or villain.
3 A dignitary or traveler from a distant land.
4 A visitor from a different time or world.
Cyprien Rousson
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Rictavio Several months ago, a colorfully dressed half-elf bard came to Barovia in a carnival wagon, with a pet monkey on his shoulder. He took over an abandoned tower on Lake Baratok before rolling
into the town of Vallaki several months later. Claiming to be a carnival ringmaster in search of new actors, he began regaling locals with tales of distant lands. Monster Hunter. The half-elf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
form of secrets long forgotten, glimpses of the future, the locations of hidden things, the truth behind illusions, or visions of distant people or places.
Enchantment spells affect the minds of
images that any creature can see, but the most insidious illusions plant an image directly in the mind of a creature.
Necromancy spells manipulate the energies of life and death. Such spells can grant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
, including multiple images of her namesake lynx. She has also lost one eye from old adventuring misfortunes, replacing it with a glass eye of hazy crystal. Several of her teeth have also been replaced
Guides” section below for information on Eludecia’s statistics. The construct travels with the characters, and can magically teleport them to either the Tomb of Horrors or the Temple of Moloch, transporting the party to either location in the distant past.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
you’ll take that risk. If you had to choose between entering a battle without your favorite combat gear or without the party’s bard, Singy McLuteface can sit this one out. You and your equipment have
with images of the phases of the moon
11 A dagger with a handle made of bone, etched with worn and unreadable runes
12 A backpack made from the leather and fur of a skunk
Victory Is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
your own. Hunt for Magic Items and Spellbooks Obaya Uday, a neutral good Chultan priest of Waukeen (god of trade), has traveled from the distant city of Port Nyanzaru on behalf of a wizard named Wakanga
magic items and spellbooks, Obaya hires a small squad of bodyguards, books passage on a merchant ship heading to Chult, and returns to Port Nyanzaru with her trove. Pay a Harper Debt A lawful good bard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
ignored as he attacks them. Garret Levistusson CN male tiefling bard/rogue The Cartophile’s first choice to join the characters’ expedition, Garret is an untrustworthy bon vivant and magpie. His mapmaking
skills are first rate, though, and the Cartophile trusts him to accurately detail the route to Daoine Gloine and sketch images of things discovered along the way. Garret claims that his infernal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
carved with images of a full-bodied woman (representations of Chauntea) cradling cornucopias. The gatehouse is a fortress in its own right. Above its tall, thick wooden doors are arrow slits that seem to
hundred people, face inward toward a central plaza, with the abbey of Chauntea off to the southeast. Each longhouse is a work of art, its beams sculpted with images of a particular animal, thereby
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
seconds to impart its psychic images. Once a crystal imparts its psychic scene, it must recharge on a shelf for 24 hours before it can do so again. A character who examines the crystals and succeeds on
crystal, roll 1d20 on the Crystal Images table to determine the image contained within it. The three newer crystals are results 1, 2, and 3; if a character examines the newer crystals, use only those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
on.” Ishvern can translate this text if needed. C5: Crypt Alcoves to the west and east of this chamber hold waist-high stone sarcophagi sculpted with images of shells and graceful sea creatures.
This
covered in thick, black algae. At the center of the room stands a well, from which emanates the sound of distant waves and the cries of sea birds.
Here, initiates of Habbakuk once made offerings to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
adventures or hear about how the characters plan to free Vallaki from the burgomaster’s madness. Rictavio. The lone guest of the Blue Water Inn at present is a colorfully dressed half-elf bard who goes
he asserts they are true indeed. Rictavio claims to be a carnival ringmaster from a distant land. He’s been staying at the inn for almost a month, taking advantage of Urwin Martikov’s generosity and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Two magic items are displayed here as well. Anstruth Harp. An exquisitely crafted harp sized for a human rests on a shelf. This instrument of the bards was acquired from a human bard who counseled
library (area 21). Two padded chairs covered in yeti hide with blue-dyed seat cushions are turned to face the table. The chairs flank a marble fireplace carved with images of birds. Above the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
center of this impressive chamber, and the walls are carved with images of dwarves at their forges. Two large stone doors exit to the north and south. Several old skeletons lie scattered near the
northern door. A gate of wrought iron stands in the western wall.
In the center of the floor, a natural rift descends sharply. Dozens of stone steps lead down into darkness. You can hear the distant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
-ogre and a relic of giantkind: a fossilized horn made from the tusk of a mammoth and engraved with images of giants battling dragons. The cracked horn weighs 250 pounds and has lost its magical powers
underground city. Deep beneath the mountains are tunnels connecting to Felbarr’s mines, the Underdark, and the distant dwarven bastions of Mithral Hall and Citadel Adbar. Citadel Felbarr has fallen to orcs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
chandeliers fill a huge open chamber with brilliant light. The floors are carpeted, the walls decorated with scrollwork and painted with images of golden coins bearing the letter L. Dark wooden beams
), which are taken to a huge chest on the far side of the room. Any nonliving matter placed into the chest is teleported to secret vaults located in a distant land. 3. Club Lounge This club lounge is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
images of flying djinn (worth 25 gp), packed in straw. The third chest contains weapons (three shortswords, four daggers, two battleaxes, three shortbows, and three quivers with 2d10 arrows in each
down, they begin to hear distant sounds of a mining operation: picks striking stone and the sound of rocks being shoveled into metal carts. Two salamanders in the service of Zalto patrol the deepest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Howling Caves Locations N1. Entrance A subterranean wind blows north, up the tunnel, carrying distant screams from the south.
The north end of the tunnel forms the bottom of a widening shaft that
, their natural forms weathered to be chaotic and abstract.
Supernatural air has weathered the stalagmites such that they form weird images as one moves through the cavern. The characters might see a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Hall of Silk Silken drapes hang from the walls of this storefront, their surfaces swirling with illusory images of dragon’s fire and twinkling star fields. A group of emotionless figures stand guard
intruding fragment bears a strange inscription on one side.
By training the magic telescope on distant stars, Ythryn’s astronomers could summon alien creatures from those stars to be questioned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
. Inside, the quiet artist lets his handiwork speak for itself. Fell nods and smiles at his clients, producing wispy images that hang in the air and adjusting the shapes to their liking. The dabus applies
before sending them through planar portals to distant burial grounds, faraway family crypts, or elemental planes for storage or cremation. The funerary process often uncovers a creature’s cause of death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. Peering into the water’s depths reveals thin, pale faces staring back, dark monsters swimming past, and glimpses of distant realms. A creature can wade through the water safely, but any creature that
display illusory images of that creature from different time periods. The jar closest to the floor shows the creature in its youth. The jar on the middle tier shows the creature as it is now. The highest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Its signboard is painted with the images of a well-dressed lord and lady, one on each side of the board. Ornate scrollwork iron bars protect the windows. The Tarnlars used to be wagonmakers, but due to
is a staunch, discreet ally of the Zhentarim and a useful source of no-questions-asked aid to anyone of that faction. Lorren doesn’t volunteer this information, but some of his distant relatives have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
sand within 6 miles of the dragon’s lair. The tracks lead to safe shelters and hidden water sources, while also leading away from areas that the dragon prefers to remain undisturbed. Images of Large or
tricks with good humor. Copper dragons are particularly fond of bards. A dragon might carve out part of its lair as a temporary abode for a bard willing to regale it with stories, riddles, and music. To