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Dungeon Masterâs Guide
This fearsome steel helm makes your eyes glow red and hides the rest of your face in shadow while you wear it.
Monsters
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or contract bluerot (see the âBluerotâ sidebar).
Reveal (1/Day). The drowned assassin removes its mask, revealing its rotting face. Each
and kills in a grim pantomime of its former occupation. Sneaking from shadow to shadow, and appearing in the undead assault of Tammerautâs Fate, it aims its barnacle-encrusted hand crossbow with
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
, speak with dead
1/day each: banishment, dispel evil and goodDauntless in the face of death, exorcists in the Heralds of Dust cleanse hapless creatures and resting places haunted by ghost;ghosts, specter
radiant energy from their staves to repel a host of supernatural entities.
An exorcistâs senses pierce the veil of death to perceive wandering ghosts on the Ethereal Plane as well as shadow demon
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
throws against any effect that turns undead.
Unreadable Face. The Returned is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts. Wisdom (Insight) checks to ascertain the
ât build meaningful relationships or establish new lives. Instead, most experience fleeting emotions and follow hollow routines, their existences reduced to shadow plays without weight or substance
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Turn Resistance. The Returned has advantage on saving throws against any effect that turns undead.
Unreadable Face. The Returned is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its
shadow plays without weight or substance.
Returned Masks. Adventurers who defeat Returned foes might marvel at their fortune in claiming such rich spoils after a battle. The mask of a Returned is worth
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
.
Turn Resistance. The Returned has advantage on saving throws against any effect that turns undead.
Unreadable Face. The Returned is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its
ât build meaningful relationships or establish new lives. Instead, most experience fleeting emotions and follow hollow routines, their existences reduced to shadow plays without weight or substance
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
throws against any effect that turns undead.
Unreadable Face. The Returned is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts. Wisdom (Insight) checks to ascertain the
relationships or establish new lives. Instead, most experience fleeting emotions and follow hollow routines, their existences reduced to shadow plays without weight or substance.
Returned Masks. Adventurers
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Gloomwrought and asked Naeryx to help him run it. For Urmius, the carnival was a chance to emerge from under his familyâs shadow and become the master of his own fate, but it also meant forsaking his
scepter, but its power is far greater than he lets on. With this magic vane, he can affect the mood of everyone in the Witchlight Carnival.
Roleplaying Notes
Mister Light is the face of the
magic-items
While youâre wearing this fearsome steel helm, your eyes glow red and the rest of your face is hidden in shadow.
Special Use: You have Advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks you make to intimidate a Humanoid who sees you wearing this helm.
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Basic Rules (2014)
Flint squinted into the setting sun. He thought he saw the figure of a man striding up the path. Standing, Flint drew back into the shadow of a tall pine to see better. The manâs walk was
the dwarf could see of the manâs face beneath a green hood was tan skin and a brownish-red beard. A longbow was slung over one shoulder and a sword hung at his left side. He was dressed in soft
Backgrounds
Baldurâs Gate: Descent into Avernus
From the Oasis Theaterâs spectacular singers and acrobats to the pantomimes and shadow puppeteers of the Wide, Baldurâs Gate hosts a colorful array of performers. Good acts can always
Flaw
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Iâll do anything to win fame and renown.
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Iâm a sucker for a pretty face.
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A scandal prevents me from ever going home again. That kind of trouble seems to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Dread Helm Wondrous Item, Common This fearsome steel helm makes your eyes glow red and hides the rest of your face in shadow while you wear it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Dread Helm Wondrous Item, Common This fearsome steel helm makes your eyes glow red and hides the rest of your face in shadow while you wear it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Dread Helm Wondrous Item, Common While youâre wearing this fearsome steel helm, your eyes glow red and the rest of your face is hidden in shadow.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
Dread Helm Wondrous Item, Common While youâre wearing this fearsome steel helm, your eyes glow red and the rest of your face is hidden in shadow.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
M10. Shadow Theater Rows of tiered seating fill the back half of this theater, and motes of dust float and dance above the ancient upholstery. The seats face a stone stage flanked by wooden
trapeze.
Eleven shadows occupy the theater. These shadows are Fey, not Undead, and they were created by Endelyn using her scissors of shadow snipping (see appendix A). If Gleamâs detached shadow wasnât
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
Sturben Long considered Levkarestâs unfashionable shadow, the city of Sturben has become a haven for those seeking distance from the domainâs elite. To counter the half-hearted justice doled out by
execute justice. For especially contentious cases, judges imprison all involved and drag them to Sturben to face trial.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
despotic rule of a shadow dragonâbut fail to mention that the dragon pursues them.
7 A shadow dragon has seized control of a cityâs criminal underworld. Those who want to depose the dragon face
Shadow Dragon Adventures The Shadow Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories and adventures involving shadow dragons. Shadow Dragon Adventure Hooks d8 Adventure Hook
1 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Shadow Dragon Lairs When dragons become aware of the Shadowfellâs malign influence seeping into their territories, most scoop up their hoards and abandon any compromised lairs. But some are stubborn
, prideful, or bitter enough to stay, even in the face of inevitable corruption. More often, a dragon is unknowingly swept up by the Shadowfell while asleep, awakening after a years-long rest to find
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Zhentarim The Zhentarim is an unscrupulous shadow network that seeks to expand its influence and power base throughout Faerûn. Its members pursue wealth and power through any means, though the public
face of the organization appears much more benign â the Zhentarim provides the best mercenaries money can buy. The merchant princes of Port Nyanzaru hire Zhentarim guards to defend the city walls and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
smaller creature to crawl through. A detect magic spell or similar effect reveals an aura of illusion magic over the face. The cavity behind the devilâs mouth is home to a shadow demon that can see
devilâs face adorns the wall at a T-shaped intersection. The devilâs open mouth is a well of utter darkness.
5A. Poison Darts Each X on the map marks a 5-foot-square pressure plate triggered by 20 pounds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
shadow of Castle Ravenloft, buried under fog but still unable to hide from the vampireâs sight. Until recently, Strahd had been paying nightly visits to Ireena Kolyana, the adopted daughter of the
for all time. Same voice, same face, same graceful body, she was Tatyana come back to life again. I was absolutely witless from astonishment.
âStrahd von Zarovich
in I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
Shadowfell Riven stood in the uppermost room of the central tower of his citadel â a fortress of shadows and dark stone carved in relief into the sheer face of a jagged peak. . . . The starless black
himself, and the feeling made him too big by half.
â Paul S. Kemp, The Godborn
The Shadowfell, also called the Plane of Shadow, is a dimension of black, gray, and white where most other color has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Drowned Assassin The drowned assassin stalks and kills in a grim pantomime of its former occupation. Sneaking from shadow to shadow, and appearing in the undead assault of Tammerautâs Fate, it aims
its barnacle-encrusted hand crossbow with deadly precision. Hidden behind a simple driftwood mask, this creatureâs face causes terror in mortal hearts when exposed. Drowned Assassin
Medium undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
new duplicate of whoever opened the door. There can be only one shadow duplicate at a time. The shadow duplicate has a terrible and deadly aspect. Any creature that looks upon its face sees a horrific
the characterâs movements, allowing a shrewd player to use the duplicate to dispense with the liquid in the font. The shadow duplicate has the statistics of a commoner and is immune to poison damage. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Half-Elf Flint squinted into the setting sun. He thought he saw the figure of a man striding up the path. Standing, Flint drew back into the shadow of a tall pine to see better. The manâs walk was
could see of the manâs face beneath a green hood was tan skin and a brownish-red beard. A longbow was slung over one shoulder and a sword hung at his left side. He was dressed in soft leather, carefully
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Half-Elf Flint squinted into the setting sun. He thought he saw the figure of a man striding up the path. Standing, Flint drew back into the shadow of a tall pine to see better. The manâs walk was
could see of the manâs face beneath a green hood was tan skin and a brownish-red beard. A longbow was slung over one shoulder and a sword hung at his left side. He was dressed in soft leather, carefully
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
same treasure, or the adventurers could be trying to solve a mystery the thugs are covering up. As the campaign progresses, the characters might face higher-ranking members of the Aurum, or recurring
arenât just greedy plutocrats, but participants in an international conspiracy. The Aurumâs arc in the campaign might climax with the characters learning of the Shadow Cabinet and thwarting one of its grand schemes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
3rd-level Characters
The characters visit the village of Vogler and protect its people from invasion.
Chapter 4: Shadow of War For 4th- to 5th-level Characters
Allying with the forces of Kalaman
, the characters face off against the Dragon Army.
Chapter 5: The Northern Wastes For 6th- to 7th-level Characters
The characters follow agents of the Dragon Army into a deadly wasteland in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
shadow moves across the brightly lit platform. Overhead, silhouettes stand out against the radiant moon.
The identity of the creatures approaching depends on which side the characters are fighting
, as detailed in âFighting the Brightguardâ and âFighting the Silent Roarâ below. Whichever enemies the characters face here, the stakes are too high for their foes to surrender or flee. Aerial Combat
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
foods, hobbies, music, and so forth become unbearable to you.
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Your shadow becomes an undead shadow that shares your alignment and is under your control.
Your shadow behaves disapprovingly
DMâs determination.
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Flowers turn to face you as you pass them.
Mundane animals canât look at you.
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Each time you finish a short rest, you suddenly sprout a covering of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
intersection, the shadow from its gnomon pointing straight toward the tower â which is highly odd, because the sun isnât behind you. Your shadows point in the proper direction. Only the sundialâs shadow points
one identical sundial intersection exists in the maze. The sundialâs shadow indicates the correct path. If the characters follow one of the paths not indicated by the sundial, it leads them to one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
intersection, the shadow from its gnomon pointing straight toward the towerâwhich is highly odd, because the sun isnât behind you. Your shadows point in the proper direction. Only the sundialâs shadow points
identical sundial intersection exists in the maze. The sundialâs shadow indicates the correct path. If the characters follow one of the paths not indicated by the sundial, it leads them to one of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
. Wherever the characters happen to be, Sartell finds them. Read: A great shadow falls over you. You look up to see a mighty galleon floating in midair, its sails ruffling in the breeze. A rope ladder tumbles
down from the shipâs side to hang mere feet above the ground, and a face appears over the side of the railing.
âNeed a lift?â asks the sailor you met earlier.
Here ends chapter 1.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
have a combined Strength score of 20 or higher to force it open. 16C. Chamber of Command An empty pedestal stands in the middle of this chamber. Six statues face it from alcoves on the walls. They
Leaves with night
Hides in darkness
Does not bite
Always joined to its caster
Never strays from its master
The answer to the riddle (âa shadowâ) is a clue to finding the secret chamber