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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
and force it to succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be blinded until the start of the walker's next turn.
Icy Doom. Any creature killed by the walker freezes for 9 days, during which time it
frostbitten corpses emit a spectral light so intense that mortal eyes can barely stand to look at them. They typically wear the clothing in which they died.
God-Spawned Horrors. Gods that personify
Lizardfolk
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
pity. Born into the world lacking stout scales and sharp teeth, it’s a wonder they have managed to survive for so long. The typical human would barely make it through a day in the swamps.
Still
quirk for a lizardfolk character or to inspire a unique mannerism.
Lizardfolk Quirks
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Quirk
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You hate waste and see no reason not to scavenge fallen enemies. Fingers are tasty and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Draakhorn’s call shifts from being barely perceptible to a clear and distant sound that gives a sense of impending doom to all who hear it. See area 8 in “The Well of Dragons” for more information on the Draakhorn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Draakhorn call shifts from being barely perceptible to a clear and distant sound that gives a sense of impending doom to all who hear it. See area 8 in “The Well of Dragons” for more information on the Draakhorn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
creators and pursue their own agendas, manipulating forces beneath the sea and beyond. Krakens rarely appear on the surface, but when they do, they herald times of change and doom. When roused to action
offerings. Roll on or choose a result from the Kraken Attacks table to inspire what ruin a kraken might unleash. Kraken Attacks 1d8 The Enraged Kraken... 1 Abducts the vessel of a leader or another
Orc
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tribe to the death.
2
Every serious choice I make must be decided by signs or omens from the gods.
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I carry the teeth of a great warrior. They inspire me to commit great deeds in battle
Ruhk
Neega
Bone Crusher
7
Mobad
Baggi
Flesh Ripper
8
Shamog
Shautha
Doom Hammer
9
Mugrub
Ovak
Elf Butcher
10
Bajok
Vola
Spine Snapper
11
Rhorog
Engong
Death Spear
12
Jahrukk
Volen
The Brutal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
frostbitten corpses emit a spectral light so intense that mortal eyes can barely stand to look at them. They typically wear the clothing in which they died. God-Spawned Horrors. Gods that personify winter
that it can see and force it to succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be blinded until the start of the walker’s next turn.
Icy Doom. Any creature killed by the walker freezes for 9 days
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Banshee Wailing Harbinger of Death Habitat: Any; Treasure: Relics Heralds of doom and plagues on the living, banshees are spirits obsessed by unresolved bitterness or sorrow. These storied phantoms
beauty—natural or otherwise—risk returning as a banshee.
All manner of torments might give rise to a banshee. Roll on or choose a result from the Banshee Sorrows table to inspire how a banshee’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
creatures serve their creators loyally. Helmed horrors are also sometimes called doom guards or spirit armors. Most show no evidence of a personality, but exceptions exist. Helmed horrors might perform
any number of assignments. Roll on or choose a result from the Helmed Horror Directives table to inspire what tasks helmed horrors perform. Helmed Horror Directives 1d6 The Helmed Horror Follows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Doom Raiders’ coffers. If the characters refuse, the Doom Raiders are driven out of the city, yielding control of the Zhentarim in Waterdeep to Manshoon (if he’s alive). Floon Blagmaar (see appendix B
) asks the characters for 5,000 gp to fund an expedition that he hopes will inspire a future book, for which he’ll give them special mention in said masterwork. If the characters seem hesitant, Volo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
them with threats of petrified doom, while others recruit servants that are immune to being petrified, such as gargoyles and gorgons. Medusas are born or created through preternatural circumstances
. Roll on or choose a result from the Medusa Fates table to inspire what led to a medusa’s creation.
Medusa Fates 1d6 The Medusa Was...
1 Born a medusa and lives unaware of whatever curse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Will-o’-Wisp Guide on the Path to Doom Habitat: Forest, Swamp, Urban; Treasure: None Vicki Pangestu From a distance, will-o’-wisps look like lanterns bobbing in the dark. Through the windows of
on or choose a result from the Will-o’-Wisp Ambushes table to inspire how a will-o’-wisp imperils its victims. Will-o’-Wisp Ambushes 1d6 The Will-o’-Wisp Tempts Victims Into... 1 An abandoned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
their shops in the morning. The members of the true middle class pretend to be titled aristocracy, but they wear much-patched and mended clothes, and starve for a week to host a ball that barely
mask slip meets a grisly end. When an “aristocrat” at the duchess’s masquerade loses a button from a fraying coat, the duchess pronounces the impostor’s doom and the unmasked pretender crumbles to dust
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
frightened by their appearance.
Sea hags cloak themselves in illusions to work their schemes. Roll on or choose a result from the Sea Hag Disguises table to inspire a sea hag’s illusion and how they
Castaway and shares a cursed item’s location with would-be rescuers.
3 Healer and passes off poisons as medicine.
4 Panic-spreading prophesier of doom.
5 Ship captain and delivers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
are meant to help organize, and even inspire, the action of a D&D campaign. The rules are a tool, and we want our tools to be as effective as possible. No matter how good those tools might be, they
things they don’t. In a typical D&D session, a DM makes numerous rules decisions—some barely noticeable and others quite obvious. Players also interpret the rules, and the whole group keeps the game
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
help organize, and even inspire, the action of a D&D campaign. The rules are a tool, and we want our tools to be as effective as possible. No matter how good those tools might be, they need a group of
typical D&D session, a DM makes numerous rules decisions—some barely noticeable and others quite obvious. Players also interpret the rules, and the whole group keeps the game running. There are times
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
or to inspire those of your own design. Horror Character Personality Traits d12 Personality Trait
1 I had an encounter that I believe gives me a special affinity with a supernatural
about, but I still see them in guilty visions, recurring dreams, or as a spirit.
Horror Character Flaws d12 Flaw
1 I believe doom follows me and that anyone who gets close to me will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
forces, spreading corruption and plotting doom for those who earn their ire. Green hags are adept deceivers, and they use illusions to cloak themselves in unassuming forms, hoping to tempt innocents
from the Green Hag Bargains table to inspire what a green hag charges for its secrets.
Green Hag Bargains 1d6 A Green Hag Trades Its Knowledge For...
1 A bargainer’s memories of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
seven millennia. It was eventually fragmented by increasing human settlement of the area, and repeated orc attacks spelled its doom.
Athalantar. The short-lived human kingdom of Athalantar lay south of
Moor. Phalorm lasted barely a century before repeated orc and goblin attacks overcame it.
Kingdom of Man. When Phalorm fell, the surviving humans of the kingdom established the Kingdom of Man
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
they met their doom. U2. Dire Wolf Den A hungry dire wolf haunts this dark cave, the uneven floor of which is strewn with animal and humanoid bones. Unless the characters offer it fresh meat, the dire
cloudy, bright blue. Entombed in the ice are the remains of four frost giants, the faint outlines of their forms barely visible. U9. Ossuary This cave is higher in elevation than the tunnels leading to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Example Complex Traps The following complex traps can be used to challenge characters or to inspire your own creations. Path of Blades Complex trap (level 1–4, dangerous threat) Hidden within a
that creature’s next turn. Alternatively, the rune can be disabled with three successful castings of dispel magic (DC 13) targeting the rune. Sphere of Crushing Doom Complex trap (level 5–10, deadly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
in area 2 of the ruins. At night they stay in their rooms. The major personalities among the survivors are detailed below. Ozymandias Ozymandias (NE male human priest) barely survived the battle
inspire loyalty or trust in those under him. Underlings obey him because of the hierarchical structure of the abbey’s chain of command, not because he shows any strong leadership. If attacked, he defends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
convinced that I’ll meet my doom at their hands one day.
2 One item in my possession is worth as much as the rest of my hoard combined, and the fear that it might be stolen consumes me.
3
’ names resonate with power and inspire terror: Ashardalon, Dragotha, Klauth, Khellendros, Malystryx, Vaskar. Others are intricate and obscure, reflecting the grandeur of dragons’ ancient language
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
surface of the water, the vortex manifests as a half-mile-wide whirlpool powerful enough to drag ships to their doom.) The sinkhole has a drain at the bottom. Plugging the drain would cause the vortex
barely make out a circular ledge 50 feet down, while the bottom of the sinkhole is hidden in the gloom 100 feet below. Lying around the mouth of the sinkhole are more wrecked ships, and looming above
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
reach a steep, snow-covered incline dotted with jagged rocks. Lying facedown in the snow, barely conscious, is a humanoid in bloodstained cold weather clothing.
The figure in the snow is Garret Velryn
check fails, the party wastes 1 hour making no progress, and each party member who failed the check gains one level of exhaustion. A mountain climber meets his doom on the slopes of Kelvin’s Cairn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
inspire adventures leading characters into ancient giant ruins. You can also use the locations in chapter 4 as destinations for these adventures; each of those locations includes its own suggested
the light that is barely visible far below. 2 Characters find a coded journal in a dragon’s treasure hoard, indicating a path to a hidden paradise. 3 Adventurers find a giant-sized ring inscribed with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
that threat. Having the players understand that these deaths might have been prevented if they had acted more quickly is a good way to inspire the characters to act with a little more urgency. H11
hundred frightened survivors of the attack on the High Hall are in hiding here, waiting for their doom. Standing between them and death is a lone acolyte, Pherria Jynks. With all the cathedral’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
tables below to randomly generate an event to inspire your imagination. The attempt to justify a random result can reveal unforeseen possibilities. To get started, select a world-shaking event category
empires, the doom of races, and the end of the world. Sometimes an omen points to change for the good, such as the arrival of a legendary hero or savior. But the most dramatic prophecies warn of future
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
curse, but a character who succeeds on a DC 11 Intelligence (Arcana or Religion) check can go through the motions to calm Incindorita and inspire the crew. Spot the Rocks. Captain Nuxoll needs someone
Davena (N female human bandit captain with 12 hit points remaining). The characters can help Davena or they can sneak past and leave her to her doom with a successful DC 10 group Dexterity (Stealth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
claimed a Netherese ruin in Anauroch as her lair. The ruin lies half-buried in the desert northeast of Ascore. See chapter 12, “Doom of the Desert,” for more information on this location. Jalanthar The
: bloodthirsty insects and dangerous monsters. In the event the characters find themselves here, use the Swamp Monsters table in appendix B of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to inspire encounter ideas. Near the