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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
chooses a point within 150 feet of himself, and a 20-foot radius sphere centered on that point fills with a burst of searing, blood-red mist. Each creature of Murgaxor’s choice that he can see in
use that action again until he finishes a long rest:
Clay Behemoth. A clay golem erupts from the floor in an unoccupied space within 15 feet of the ritual circle. The golem obeys Murgaxor's commands
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Cold Aura. While it's alive, the troll generates an aura of bitter cold that fills the area within 10 feet of it. At the start of the troll's turn, all nonmagical flames in the aura are extinguished
minutes for the heart to melt and the blizzard to form. The blizzard lasts for 8 hours.
A hag or similar creature can perform a ritual that turns the heart into a magical talisman that acts like a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
38. Ritual Chamber The cult used to perform rituals in this sunken room. The chanting heard throughout the dungeon originates here, yet when the characters arrive, the dungeon falls silent as the
or lowering the nearby portcullis (see area 37). The hole in the west wall leads to a naturally formed alcove. The half-submerged pile of refuse that fills it is a shambling mound, which the cultists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
. Ritual Area Ritual circles drawn in fine, chalky powder cover the floor. Notebooks, scrolls, and brass braziers sit on shelves carved into the walls.
Murgaxor used this area to perfect his rituals
. Characters who spend 5 minutes or more reading the notebooks and who succeed on a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check piece together that Murgaxor is conducting his life-draining ritual in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
aware of the characters’ interest in accessing these hidden memories, she offers to perform a ritual that creates a dreamscape in which the hollyphant’s memories can be perceived. For Mad Maggie, the
ritual is its own reward, as the hag longs to know everything Lulu knows about the fall of Zariel. After making some preparations, Mad Maggie creates a fiendish circle on the ground, and arranges
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
adorn the adjacent walls.
To unlock sarcophagus, the characters must perform a simple ritual at the shrine while wearing the frog masks. The wall frescoes reveal what must be done. Advice from the
done since the dawn of time.” A copper bowl containing rat bones Four dead cockroaches A green wax candle with a salvageable wick 5 gp (loose) Performing the Ritual To open the sarcophagus, one or more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
can’t be removed. 3 Spells can’t restore hit points to you. 4 The sound of pixie laughter fills your head while you are awake, drowning out all other sounds. 5 Anything you try to pick up or hold in
resistant to all magic except a wish spell. A creature can also remove such a curse on itself by learning and performing a specific task or ritual, determined by rolling on the Ending the Curse table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
created by the control weather spell. It takes 10 minutes for the heart to melt and the blizzard to form. The blizzard lasts for 8 hours. A hag or similar creature can perform a ritual that turns the
generates an aura of bitter cold that fills the area within 10 feet of it. At the start of the troll’s turn, all nonmagical flames in the aura are extinguished. Any creature that starts its turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
disappearing into separate tunnels. Pale purple sludge flows slowly through the grooves from two passages opposite the rift. A bitter smell like scorched sugar fills the room.
The sludge is flavorless
scope of this adventure. F3: Private Eatery A waterfall of viscous purple sludge dribbles from an opening high above the floor. The sweet-smelling sludge fills a basin that feeds into a trough that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the awaken spell on a normal zurkhwood mushroom. A myconid sovereign can create one by performing a lengthy ritual. An awakened zurkhwood has the same statistics as an awakened tree (see appendix A of
success.
Infestation Spores (1/Day). The bridesmaid releases spores that burst out in a cloud that fills a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on it, and the cloud lingers for 1 minute. Any flesh-and-blood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
unoccupied space within 10 feet of the chute’s exit. A creature can choose to fail this saving throw. Clambering back up a chute requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. B65: Ritual
Chamber Eleven robed cultists chant within this ritual chamber. Each wears a horned, golden mask with four metallic tentacles sprouting from its chin. The cultists gather around a black marble altar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Special column, C means the spell requires Concentration, R means it’s a Ritual, and M means it requires a specific Material component. Level 1: Arcane Recovery You can regain some of your magical
level 1 spell slots. Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest. Level 1: Ritual Adept You can cast any spell as a Ritual if that spell has the Ritual tag and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
stop an elemental cataclysm. Those that oppose one of these calamities often attempt to reverse the ritual that summoned it, coax it through a planar rift, or conjure another titan in hopes that the
reduced to 0 until the end of its next turn. Raging Storm. A storm cloud fills a 60-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point the cataclysm can see within 150 feet. The cloud lasts for 1 minute or until
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
chamber are tiled in a dark green color, and the ceiling is tiled light green. A seaweed bed fills the northeast corner. In the center of the room stands a small table with a small bench beside it
beside it. A closed coffer leans against the south wall, and a seaweed bed fills the southwest corner.
A small group of sahuagin in this room are vocalizing what seem like raucous sounds of merriment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
area P4. P4. Temple Entrance The walls of this cavern are covered with slime and can’t be climbed without gear, and the water here is fouled and unfit to drink. The water fills the cavern to within 2
was defeated in the Temple of the Crushing Wave, the aboleth guards the water portal in area P20. Otherwise, it is here. The slimy water that fills this cave flows through a hole in the east wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
Special column, C means the spell requires Concentration, R means it’s a Ritual, and M means it requires a specific Material component. Equipment Hat of Many Spells (Arcane Focus)
2 Daggers
Robe
a 10, Stinking Cloud. 51–55 You have the Stunned condition until the end of your next turn, believing something awesome just happened. 56–60 A harmless swarm of butterflies fills a 10-foot Cube within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
as it sees a creature leave area K4 or K5, the death knight moves to intercept and slay the escapees. K4: Fountain of Blood Stagnant blood fills the basin of an old fountain at the center of this
fountain’s liquid, they see a glimpse of Vecna conducting his ritual in the Cave of Shattered Reflection. A character who examines the reflection sees Vecna kneeling in a crystal-lined chamber. The lich-god’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
Special column, C means the spell requires Concentration, R means it’s a Ritual, and M means it requires a specific Material component. Equipment Hat of Many Spells (Arcane Focus)
2 Daggers
Robe
a 10, Stinking Cloud. 51–55 You have the Stunned condition until the end of your next turn, believing something awesome just happened. 56–60 A harmless swarm of butterflies fills a 10-foot Cube within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
unfurnished rooms contains two ghouls that were attracted to the mansion by Far Realm energies. The ghouls are hostile. D23: Wine Cellar The faint aroma of grapes fills the air in this cellar. Four
attacked but otherwise pose no threat. They know Markos is performing a ritual in area D27 but won’t share this information until the statue is destroyed. Statue. The statue depicts Krokulmar and was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
own heart was removed three years ago as part of the unique ritual described in The Canopic Being. The magic of the ritual allows her to remember being involved in a ceremony that bound her to
Valin’s service, but she recalls no details of the transfer. The ritual likewise leaves no physical signs behind.
Personality Trait. “I serve my masters in faith willingly, and I let fate and faith
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
off its heat. If the lid comes off or is removed, an explosion of tentacles and scalding water fills the kitchen. Each character in the area must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or take 9
goblins and thrown upstairs to be eaten by the chuuls. Chance heard the goblins talking about a ritual with someone named Splugoth in charge. Treasure. In this reality, a small chest by the bed in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, details a diabolical ritual that Ammalia and Victoro enacted to first contact the archdevil Asmodeus. Opening it reveals nothing but blank pages with a few drops of dry blood on them. If a drop of
humanoid blood is spilled on any page, Infernal text on that page becomes legible, remaining so until the book is closed. The blood remains even after the text vanishes. Any character with the Ritual
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
ritual opens a latent planar rift that shunts Eldon and the characters into the Shadowfell: A riot of silvery-purple energy fills the room. You feel a sense of space tearing open—then you’re falling, and everything goes dark.
. A pouf of wild black hair sprouts from the end of one of the blankets.
Katerina Ladon Sarcelle Malinosh The cultists repurposed this crypt into a cell for one of their intended ritual victims
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
smoke. Alcoves around the room hold statues of four-armed gargoyles shrouded in darkness.
Light. Dim light radiates from the pillars and fills the area. Any light source brought into or created in the
gargoyles, each with mouths and claws dripping blood, stand in alcoves around the chamber.
Light. Dim, blood-red light radiates from the pillars and fills the area. Blood. Due to the slick blood on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
characters enter this room, read the following: Bright-red light fills this twenty-foot-tall oval chamber. The light emanates from a large circular mirror set into a specially made groove on the ceiling
“lunar crystal” infused with the moonlight of one of Krynn’s three moons. These crystals are essential to Teremini’s ritual and are protected by the ritual’s magic. Magic Balance. Krynn’s moons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
blunt rocks and cave floor. The walls are rough and can be climbed with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. The chasm fills with wind, thunder, or lightning at random times. If one or more
11–15 Wind 16–18 Thunder 19–20 Lightning Wind. A strong wind fills the chasm for 1 minute. The wind extinguishes open flames in or above the chasm and imposes disadvantage on Strength and Dexterity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
grove of frost-covered trees fills this fifty-foot-high cavern, the floor of which is a mixture of earth and ice. By some magic or miracle, the trees are alive, their canopies thick with frosty leaves
—remains in the city. The artifact is located within the city’s central spire. One must perform a ritual to enter Ythryn’s central spire. (The nothics don’t remember how the ritual works, but they do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
. If thawed, the dead creature is harmless. D3: Animal Pen A sour smell of old hay and dung fills this cavern. A shaggy mammoth stands placidly in the room chewing on a mound of reeds.
Not visible
in areas D3 and D4 refuse to confront the dragon. Share the Ritual. If the characters admit they’re after the ritual tattooed on Elakdras’s body, Ralvald offers a solution. Ralvald doesn’t want the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
” section at the end of this chapter. X5: Cosmologium Sarah Dahlinger Two menacing slaadi guard Illithinoch’s orrery A massive iron orrery fills the center of this room, its numerous arms spinning
Far Realm to commune with their newfound god and perform their ritual. Oshundo knows they had some trouble erecting their gate to the Far Realm and doesn’t know how they solved that problem—likely by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
an individual in a hooded gray robe. Zombie Infestation. The crypt to the south of the rotunda was desecrated and now swarms with zombies. N5: Tomb of the Mage The smell of old parchment fills this
tunnel is a secret door to area N6. From this side, the door is clearly visible and pulls open easily. N9: Sewerage Chamber A foul stench rises from the murky sewage that fills most of this large chamber
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
everything started. An imperious drow archwizard in spider-silk robes casts a mighty conjuration spell. As the ritual draws toward its conclusion, a web of faerzress energy expands outward. The wizard seems
following vision. The smell of blood fills your nostrils as you wander a maze of Underdark tunnels, moving with purpose as your giant hooves crush stones underfoot. Faerzress light reveals that your shadow is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
means to communicate with animals, and their Rage heightens their connection to animals as it fills them with supernatural might. ALDITHA SIREGAR Path of the Wild Heart Subclass Level 3: Animal
. You have a Climb Speed equal to your Speed. Salmon. You have a Swim Speed equal to your Speed. Level 10: Nature Speaker You can cast the Commune with Nature spell but only as a Ritual. Wisdom is your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
renovations. Evidence of a fight from many days ago is spread across the grounds, including slashed canvas and broken weapons. Mundane furniture and gear fills the tents, along with kegs of ale, casks
assess the lens’s magic. With a success, the character understands the properties of the shadow and intuits that a powerful necromantic ritual has transformed the lens. Once the lens’s power has been
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
notebook matches the handwriting in Xanthoria. The potion-brewing ritual described in the notebook requires alchemist’s supplies and the aforementioned ingredients. The ritual takes 1 hour to perform, at
as much damage and is not poisoned on a successful save. 5–6 Psychic energy fills a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point in the cavern chosen by the DM. Each creature in the area must succeed on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
if the effects of Charmayne’s ritual are undone. If the characters stay out of the kitchen and leave the hounds alone, Cinnabar and Sol ignore them and continue feeding on the cook and dishwasher they
until the effects of Charmayne’s ritual are undone. S5: Library The library might once have been cozy with its large desk, padded couch, spacious bookshelves, and rich woods. Now, the books are ash






