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wereraven makes two attacks, using Scratch or Shortbow in any combination. It can replace one attack with a Beak attack.
Beak (Raven or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4
", "rollAction":"Shortbow", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage.Wereravens are secretive, cautious lycanthropes that seek to blend into society and subtly combat evil. To avoid the claws of the wicked
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Curse of Strahd
Only). The wereraven makes two weapon attacks, one of which can be with its hand crossbow.
Beak (Raven or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit
","rollAction":"Beak"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage in raven form, or 4 (1d4 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d4+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Beak","rollDamageType":"piercing
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, fly, hold person, suggestion, wall of fire
1/day each: dominate person, etherealness, feeblemindLong ago, the Raven Queen cursed a cabal of powerful wizards for meddling in a ritual that would have
fallen civilizations and great calamities.
Nagpas still fear the Raven Queen and do their best to avoid her and her agents. When it’s impossible to do so, they become cringing, fawning things, eager
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
cases, Mother Luba managed to ensnare beings of pure evil amid the strands of fate, imprisoning them within her tarokka deck. There these foul spirits dwell still, trapped within a nether-realm hidden
deck, you can use an action to cast one of the following spells (save DC 18) from it: comprehend languages, detect evil and good, detect magic, detect poison and disease, locate object, or scrying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Scarlet Sash, a group of wereravens known for stealing magic items from evil individuals and hiding evil items from the world at large. He chose the Book of the Raven as a hiding place for the map
Map of Mystery The mystery surrounding the Book of the Raven has to do with the map Anil Zasperdes slipped between its pages. It’s clear that the map was never part of the book to begin with. You can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Wereraven Ominous Shape-Shifter Habitat: Forest, Urban; Treasure: Individual Wereravens are secretive, cautious lycanthropes that seek to blend into society and subtly combat evil. To avoid the claws
of the wicked forces that oppose them, and to protect those they hold dear, wereravens hide their identities and rarely reveal their hybrid forms. Nevertheless, folktales persist of eerie, raven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Wereraven Wereravens are secretive, cautious lycanthropes that seek to blend into society and subtly oppose evil. As avowed foes of malevolent beings, wereravens are stalked by wicked forces. Knowing
this, wereravens rarely reveal their hybrid forms. Nevertheless, folktales tell of eerie, raven-winged figures who appear prior to disasters and share mysterious prophecies. Such stories are true, in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
in these moments of obeisance to her that the Raven Queen recalls a fragment of her former self. VECNA'S OBSESSION
One evil mind is fixated on wresting away the Raven Queen’s power: the archlich
After the Fall After the nagpas were created and then banished by the Raven Queen, the shadar-kai watched as she fell deeper and deeper into a divine madness. Her pain and turmoil over the betrayal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Origin of the Raven Queen For those who seek to unravel the enigma of the Raven Queen, the story of her origin comes from the ancient history of the elves. It is said that she was once an elf queen
drow who have forsaken the evil ways of their kind. I give these stories no credit, though Elminster himself swears they have validity. Never trust a drow, or the word of an archmage.
Descent into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
26. Tower Chamber The tower chamber is empty except for a suit of crimson ring mail strewn across the floor. It lies in the middle of a faded chalk drawing of the Mark of the Raven. Theodora
Halvhrest made this mark to stifle the evil she felt in the tower and, particularly, around the armor. Armor. This ring mail belonged to the knight Mara Silvra. The blood red suit is of an ancient style and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
-Towns Rumors"). The tavern’s raven-haired barkeep, Danae Xotal (lawful evil human spy), files away these secrets as she goes about her serving work with quiet circumspection. Her secret is that she’s a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Imp Imp
Tiny fiend (devil, shapechanger), lawful evil
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 10 (3d4 + 3)
Speed 20 ft., fly 40 ft. (20 ft. in rat form; 20 ft., fly 60 ft. in raven form; 20 ft., climb 20
Senses Darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Infernal, Common
Challenge 1 (200 XP)
Shapechanger. The imp can use its action to polymorph into the beast form of a rat, a raven, or a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
at the River Gate. Villagers are the first to spot the messenger, and they alert the mayor and the characters. When Mayor Raven and the characters arrive at the River Gate, read the following text
among you speaks for this village?”
This Dragon Army soldier (see appendix B) astride a warhorse is a messenger from the Red Dragon Army. If a character doesn’t speak up first, Raven steps forward and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Nagpa Long ago, the Raven Queen cursed a cabal of powerful wizards for meddling in a ritual that would have helped avert a war between the gods. She transformed them into the scabrous, birdlike
creatures known as nagpas and rendered them able to acquire new lore and magical power only from the ruins of fallen civilizations and great calamities. Nagpas still fear the Raven Queen and do their best
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
truth and the tools wereravens have long used to combat evil. Among these are spirit boards (detailed in chapter 4), tarokka decks, Mist talismans, and piecemeal occult writings from various domains
visitations involving giant raven-like beings that appear, speak some prophecy or deliver some message, then vanish, often presaging either wonder or disaster. The wereravens take little issue with these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
exercise limited control over others’ shadows, causing the shadows to grasp their hosts and pin them in place. Wherever Sion goes, he’s accompanied by his two pets, a ferocious hound and an oversized raven
that help Sion track down his enemies. Spun by Sion from pure shadow, both creatures use the shadow stat block, but the raven has a flying speed of 40 feet. Sion Medium Humanoid (Human, Sorcerer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
tables displaying good-luck charms, odd animal bones, and vials advertising various remedies. At the rear of the shop, a human woman with raven hair and a dark dress with feathered, winglike sleeves
stands behind a counter heaped with open books. She looks up from her reading, eyes you with disinterest, then goes back to her book.
The shopkeeper here is Wyhan (lawful evil, human mage), a black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Shadar-kai In the gloom of the Shadowfell live shadar-kai, elves whose ancestors served the Raven Queen, a god of death and memory. They were brought to that realm in ages past, so long ago that
Shadowfell, they detest mirrors and avoid keeping things that remind them of their age. Shadar-kai of the Raven Queen watch over both the Shadowfell and the Material Plane, scouting out choice souls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Meazel In places where the Shadowfell washes against the shores of the Material Plane dwell meazels, hateful hermits who left behind their old lives to contemplate their misery in shadow. Now evil
. The curse acts as a beacon; sorrowsworn, undead, and other terrors sense where they are located and descend on the stranded victims to tear them apart. Meazel
Medium humanoid (meazel), neutral evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
evil nature, one whose goals have enormous and far-reaching consequences Donjon Isolation and imprisonment; being so conservative in thinking as to be a prisoner of one’s own beliefs Ghost The looming
avoided; a great quest or journey that will try one’s spirit Raven A hidden source of information; a fortunate turn of events; a secret potential for good Seer Inspiration and keen intellect; a future
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
side of good, this suit can suggest the accumulation of wealth to benefit a charity or a just cause. On the side of evil, it embodies the worst aspects of greed. Glyphs The suit of glyphs symbolizes
, as well as illness and disease. On the side of good, this suit represents willpower and dedication. On the side of evil, it signifies weakness of character, self-doubt, and betrayal of one’s ideals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
The Final Boat Most of the draconians remaining in Vogler focus on looting the village, giving the villagers enough time to evacuate. At the end of the pier, only Mayor Raven, Darrett, and a few
, Mayor Raven, Jeyev, and a few other locals. Read or paraphrase the following as the characters leave Vogler behind: Vogler is in flames. Amid the columns of smoke rising from the village, invaders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Imp Imps are found throughout the Lower Planes, either running errands for their infernal masters, spying on rivals, or misleading and waylaying mortals. An imp will proudly serve an evil master of
a barbed tail, small horns, and leathery wings. It strikes while invisible, attacking with its poison stinger. Imp
Tiny fiend (devil, shapechanger), lawful evil
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 10 (3d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
what’ll let you do what you know you’re going to do anyway?
—Skeever, imp servant of Firan Zal’honan
Imp Tiny Fiend (Devil), Lawful Evil
AC 13 Initiative +3 (13)
HP 21 (6d4 + 6)
Speed 20 ft
.
Shape-Shift. The imp shape-shifts to resemble a rat (Speed 20 ft.), a raven (20 ft., Fly 60 ft.), or a spider (20 ft., Climb 20 ft.), or it returns to its true form. Its game statistics are the same in each form, except for its Speed. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
uses magic to appear as an old person, a child, or a white raven.
7 Some evil, such as the Abbot of the Abbey of Saint Markovia or an inhabitant of the Amber Temple, cloaks the incarnation’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
characters in the north tower peak (area K60). Mists (Queen of Spades) The cards can’t see where the evil lurks. The mists obscure all!
The card offers no clue about where the final showdown with
them, but only to discern the location of their enemy. Raven (Queen of Clubs) Look to the mother’s tomb.
Strahd faces the characters in the tomb of King Barov and Queen Ravenovia (area K88
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Uthgardt tribes will unite against a common enemy. The Uthgardt hate giants most of all—Uthgardt legends are replete with tales of how evil giants slew their ancestors and threatened Uthgar’s rise to
civilization. Black Raven Tribe The Black Ravens claim the icy foothills west of Mirabar, as well as the Ice Lakes and the land west to the Frozenfar. They like to prey on caravans that travel the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
anvil
Pelor, god of the sun and agriculture
NG
Life, Light
Circle with six outwardly radiating points
Raven Queen, goddess of death
LN
Life, Death
Raven’s head, in profile, facing
Trickery, War
Five-pointed star with curved points
Torog, god of the Underdark
NE
Death
T attached to a circular shackle
Vecna, god of evil secrets
NE
Death, Knowledge
Partially
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
.” 3 “Three days, three deaths, three eyes, three breaths.” 4 “Doom falls on the peacock and the sparrow alike. Best be a raven.” 5 “A white hand on a black field holds the golden key.” 6 “Beware the
death.” Dusk Hag
Medium fey, neutral evil
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 82 (15d8 + 15)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
11 (+0)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
12 (+1)
INT
17 (+3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
their wisdom and their subtle resistance to evil with those who needed it most. However, the Mists find a way to twist even the best of intentions. In the cities of urbane domains like Borca, Darkon
? Is another Keeper your mentor? Do you and other Keepers meet regularly? Do you correspond with a Keeper in another domain? Did this person give you your Mark of the Raven talisman?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
they have clothing to wear while in humanoid form. They occasionally stash magic items of evil repute here until better hiding places can be found for them. Adventurers who come to the chalet
expecting trouble might be surprised to learn that its current occupants are neither evil nor much of a threat. The Scarlet Sash has eight members currently, though it has had as few as three and as many as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
rider 9 Trinket 10 Hidden bundle 11 1d4 swarm of ravens (50%) or 1 wereraven (see appendix D) in raven form (50%) 12 1d6 dire wolves 13 3d6 wolves 14 1d4 berserkers 15 Corpse 16 1d6 werewolves in human
through the wilderness. Evil druids left this trail. Following it in either direction leads to a spiked pit (see “Sample Traps” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). A thin tarp made of twigs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
domain’s innumerable evils all ultimately tie back to Strahd. Any corrupt individual, sinister cult, or rampaging monster might have been inspired by the Darklord, their evil ultimately furthering
the characters a scroll and an amulet bearing the Mark of the Raven. It begs the characters to deliver the message to the Keepers of the Feather.
6 A megalith erected by Barovia’s original
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, Everlund, and numerous smaller settlements along the way. Raven Rock On the icy slopes of the Spine of the World stands the spirit mound of the Black Raven and Gray Wolf tribes. Raven Rock gets its
name from a 100-foot-tall stone carved in the likeness of a perching raven, sitting in the center of the highest plateau of the mound and facing west. The Black Ravens leave carcasses by the stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
warlocks create weapons that emulate those formed in the Shadowfell. Others forgo such arms, content to weave the dark magic of that plane into their spellcasting. Because the Raven Queen is known to
Plane to her inscrutable ends. Hexblade. What a cool name! So is your sword evil or cursed or something? But you’re evil, right? … Okay, now I don’t like the name. Names aren’t cool if they don’t make