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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
his flail flashed in the firelight. The chain wrapped around Caerys’ blade but she twisted away. The flail flew into the darkness. She spun forward, her double blade weaving a circle of fire as
you an exile, banished from your homeland for some crime against the Undying Court?
As one of the Aereni, think about your history. What is your family known for, and how can you prove yourself to be a
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
search of their severed heads or to quench their thirst for revenge.
Wicked knights or commanders in life, dullahans adhere to twisted codes of chivalry or soldiership. These fallen champions consider
shards of its shattered skull.
2
A vain dullahan pursues it own relatives, seeking to claim a head with its family resemblance.
3
A greedy dullahan seeks to recover its bejeweled helmet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
2. Twisted Gallery Bas-Reliefs. The curved walls are lined with bas-relief carvings, and plaques mounted beneath them tell the story of a forgotten Waterdavian family.
Statues. Two 9-foot-tall
Undermountain in their free time, pouring treasure into family coffers, and giving a black tablet to their brother, Xerrion. The carvings go on to show the original Shadowdusk Hold (in Waterdeep) on fire
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Shadows of Sithicus
details below to help provide additional depth to Avri’s and Ansilo’s opportunistic relationship.
The Nobriskov family has made their fortune off selling unwise patrons “miracle” cures, performing
seeks escape from the Mists at any cost.
The Olzanik family keeps their respected station in Borca by their work in metallurgy and artifice. Selling their services to the highest bidder, they have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the southwest alcove. A character who examines the statue and succeeds on a DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check notices that one of the rings on Xerrion’s left hand can be twisted around his finger
. Turning the ring unlocks the secret door and causes it to swing open into area 37. 30b. Family Crypts This arched, 15-foot-high hall is lined with alcoves. Each alcove contains a dusty stone casket holding the remains of a dead Shadowdusk family member, but no treasure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
merchant family based in the nearby village of Oakhurst. Kerowyn Hucrele, the matriarch of the family, offers salvage rights to you and your team if you can find and return with the two lost members
of her family—or at least return the gold signet rings worn by the missing brother and sister. She also offers a reward of 125 gp per signet ring, per character. If the characters bring back the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
family members living abroad and brought them to live with him in a twisted, underground version of Shadowdusk Hold. Among those who answered the call was Margaraste Shadowdusk, a distant cousin whom
The Shadowdusks The Shadowdusk family, like many other Waterdavian noble lineages, made its fortune in trading. Three sisters named Arandraya, Maelweene, and Yarlithra Shadowdusk became famous for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, death mask, faded love letter, family portrait When death occurs in Mordent, it doesn’t signal a passage to a state of rest, or an end to the struggle of mortal existence. Death here heralds the beginning
ways to maintain that order. In Mordent, the dead who have unfinished business or a strong tie to a place or a family line manifest as all manner of spectral terrors. But not every unquiet spirit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Darklord’s Past Every Darklord has committed irredeemable acts that attract the attention of the Dark Powers. Yet Darklords are still individuals who, at one point, had a home, childhood, and family
. The following sections each examine a different aspect of the Darklord’s life prior to imprisonment. Past Life What circumstances and choices pushed the Darklord down their twisted path? Choose or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Karametra’s followers down wicked paths. At its worst, the worship of Karametra can be twisted into compulsory conformity. It can value nature and people only for what they can provide. It can care for
’ wrath.
4 The head of a prominent family (noble) continues to exert abusive control over their adult children, citing their role as matriarch or patriarch to justify it.
5 A local leader
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
family might provide baked goods, while another one cobbles shoes or knits clothing. Generally, halflings in a village don’t produce goods for sale to outsiders, but they do love to trade, especially with
, drink, laughter, family, friends, and the satisfaction of doing a good day’s work. When all their necessities have been taken care of, halflings take it easy — and many of them find a way to turn idleness
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
search of their severed heads or to quench their thirst for revenge.
Wicked knights or commanders in life, dullahans adhere to twisted codes of chivalry or soldiership. These fallen champions consider
dullahan pursues it own relatives, seeking to claim a head with its family resemblance.
3 A greedy dullahan seeks to recover its bejeweled helmet, caring nothing for the head that wears it.
4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
family and laying waste to their stronghold on level 22.
Goal 5: Find an Apprentice. Halaster is searching for one or more new apprentices worthy of his time and tutelage. He is cultivating talent on
he’s done with all his previous apprentices: teach them ways to mutilate and destroy themselves.
Goal 6: Locate Jhesiyra. Somewhere in the back of his twisted, paranoid mind, Halaster believes that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Roleplaying a Hag Even when a hag acts indifferently or friendly toward adventurers, inside she is still a twisted fey creature, and she doesn’t give two coppers about what anyone else thinks or
appearance and my cruel heart. (Evil) Hag Bonds d8 Bond 1 I hate a certain mortal family and steal one of their children each generation for my own purposes. 2 I am involved in a centuries-long feud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
duplicate’s space. If the illusory duplicate takes any damage, it disappears. The region takes twice as long as normal to traverse, since the plants grow thick and twisted, and the swamps are thick
cackling. The creatures are trapped there for a minute or two, and then returned to the place where they vanished from. Intelligent creatures see hallucinations of dead friends, family members, and even
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, leafless tree. Its gnarled branches reach toward the clouds like twisted fingers, and its rough bark is pockmarked with large knots and beetle holes.
This house belonged to Mayor Lei Duvezin and her
family. When the villagers continued to disappear, and the others fled, Mayor Duvezin sent her wife, Tifra, and their two small children to Maerin to wait until it was safe. Tifra fell ill not long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
wall of dead-gray mist surrounds the remnants of Cyre. Beyond the mists lies a land twisted by magic, a wound that will not heal. The blasted land is strangely transformed. In some places, the ground
family and friends? Are there heirlooms lost in the mists that you’re determined to regain, or loved ones you hope to someday see again? Do you feel loyalty to your nation and hope to see it restored, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
wandering outside without permission, then graduating to pushing someone down the stairs or setting a house on fire. Sooner or later, the child’s family and community become terrified of the “bad seed” and
flesh. A bheur carries a twisted gray wooden staff, which she can ride like a flying broom and augments her magical powers. Cold Hearts. Bheur hags are attracted to selfish actions justified by deadly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
tomb. The sides of the sarcophagus bear a relief depicting two women gazing lovingly over a field and a city, and the lid has a faintly distinguishable family crest carved into it. Old weapons and
area N4. Discovering the Ghost’s Identity. Characters who search this tomb for clues find the following pieces of information: Family Crest. Engraved on the lid of the sarcophagus is a coat of arms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
set of smith’s tools and a set of tinker’s tools spread across a wooden table along with some twisted bits of metal. A bookcase against the north wall has a family of harmless squirrels living in it
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
call the bend near Hook Gate ‘Straight Street’ as a joke.”
This Clue is the solution to the line: “Follow the twisted road that runs straight no more.” Where to? If asked about other locations, Geld
)
Shaygala is a successful entrepreneur who grew up working-class in the River Quarter. Her family migrated from Ket three generations ago. Ever the enterprising one, she is a self-made success story
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
forced out from underground risks becoming lost in the realm of dreams, living ever after as a twisted version of its former self that the giants call a dreamwalker (see chapter 3 for more information on
the rows of dead already there. The body gradually calcifies over many decades, until it becomes indistinguishable from an enormous stalagmite. Family members visit this tomb-chamber often to pay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, provided all the broken pieces are present. Crypt 14 Stahbal Indi-Bhak: A truer friend no ruler ever had. Here lies his family in honor. If the characters open the door to this crypt, read: A ten-foot
servants who swore to avenge Stahbal Indi-Bhak’s family. Whenever a wight is killed in this vault, some of the bones knit together, forming 2d6 animated human skeletons. These skeletons attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
and twisted are they that a palpable sense of foreboding haunts those who intrude upon a meenlock lair. Inside the warren, black moss covers every surface, muffling sound. A large central chamber
Flayers Three members of the horrific illithid family appear here, joining the regular mind flayer in the Monster Manual.
Alhoon Mind flayers that pursue arcane magic are exiled as deviants, and for them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
captive for almost a month now. Neither one’s family could raise the ransom demanded by their captors, so both await a terrible death at the orcs’ hands. Opening the cage door requires a successful DC 12
black robe looks up from her work, her face twisted in an expression of rage.
Creatures. Burdug the shaman, an orc Eye of Gruumsh, has commandeered a chamber as her private domain. She lives here with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
text accordingly. Pieces of broken planking and debris reinforce the damaged north doors of this room, whose floor and walls are spattered by bloodstains. A twisted padlock lies at the foot of the
succeeds on a DC 18 Intelligence (History) check recognizes “Tammeraut” as a family name, and recalls that it was a noble clan that faded from history years ago. Treasure. Lying atop the bookshelf are