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Monk

classes Basic Rules (2014)

serve as spies or assassins at the command of their leader, a noble patron, or some other mortal or divine power. The majority of monks don’t shun their neighbors, making frequent visits to

important mission beyond the cloister? Perhaps you were cast out because of some violation of the community’s rules. Did you dread leaving, or were you happy to go? Is there something you hope to

Using an Overarching Story

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Nine Dread Princes reside, with each of these dungeons stocked with enough monsters and hazards to advance the adventurers two or three levels. The adventurers spend their whole careers fighting the

Nine Dread Princes before finally pursuing an epic quest to destroy the princes’ monstrous progenitor. As long as every dungeon is unique and interesting, your players will appreciate the tight focus

Baphomet

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

his personality. Baphomet studies every detail of the mazes he creates and exults in the dread that overcome those who become lost in them. He tracks them at his leisure, striking only after the

vacancy left by a departed rival, expanding the reach of the Demonweb Pits and claiming those servants her enemies have left behind as new spies and informants for her.

Dark Fantasy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

elements and horror themes might constitute dark fantasy, whether it’s a fantasy story steeped in dread or an otherwise realistic world that features a supernatural terror. Examples include The Dark Tower

distract from their own ineptitude. 3 Is surrounded by power-hungry spies and saboteurs, fueling the villain’s paranoia. 4 Seeks the pleasure of lost glories. 5 Is surrounded by sycophants whose constant

Flavors of Fantasy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

full of creatures that suit a storyline of supernatural horror. An essential element of such a campaign is an atmosphere of dread, created through careful pacing and evocative description. Your players

among diplomats and spies. Intrigue Conflicts. Conflicts like these are ripe for an intrigue campaign: Feuding Fiefs. Two fiefs or settlements have been feuding for years. The characters are drawn into

Crushing Wave Cultists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

many of the resistances elemental creatures possess, as well as the ability to grapple and crush their enemies with their watery bodies. Fathomers often serve as spies, infiltrators, and assassins for

fog. One-eyed shivers inspire dread and fear in all who meet them, including their fellow cultists. Only the leaders of the Crushing Wave cult dare to give commands to these masters of icy magic. One

Demon Types

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

telepathically bellow commands to lesser demons, even as they inspire a sense of dread that forces their foes to scatter and run. Nalfeshnees feed on hatred and despair, but they crave humanoid flesh

Planes. Physically weak, they keep to the shadows to plot mischief and wickedness. More powerful demons use quasits as spies and messengers when they aren’t devouring them or pulling them apart to pass

Locations I - L

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

cold, cold north. Roaming this expanse are hundreds of sheep, goats, and cattle plucked from other regions of the North by the vale’s dread overlord, the red wyrm Klauth. Scattered here and there are the

expedite their travels across the North (see the “Airship of a Cult” section in chapter 4, “The Chosen Path”). Suggested Encounter Klauth spies on trespassers from afar. If the characters harm his

Lower Palace Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

appendix C) who serve Zybilna as messengers and spies Treasure. Iggwilv’s Cauldron is an artifact, albeit one that its rightful owner would never part with. While she is trapped in stasis, Iggwilv can’t stop

characters parley with Kelek, he sneers that the palace is now his to rule, though any mention of the Hourglass Coven or the jabberwock causes a flush of dread to pass over Kelek’s face. Throughout any

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