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The Book of Many Things
, Prestidigitation
2/day each: Bestow Curse, Dispel Magic
1/day: SlowYears ago, a wizard named Gremorly drew the Throne card from a Deck of Many Things, gaining ownership of a small castle called Sovereign
’s Keep. Gremorly was a necromancer and misanthrope who had little patience for the living; he resolved to use the keep to create and house a ghostly army he would use to seize power. Gremorly
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
desired above all. She told him of a vault of forbidden lore called the Amber Temple, where the secret of gaining immortality was hidden. While Strahd was off exploring the temple, Rahadin handled
these women were lavished with jewels and fine clothes, and made comfortable during their stay in Ravenloft.
Executioner. Patrina Velikovna and her people were living among the Vistani when they heard of
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
when their folk dwelled upon the surface. According to their tales, their ancestors stole a piece of the sun, then fled to the Underdark before devouring it and gaining the ability to project radiant
of the surface rouses their anger.
Pitiable Slaves. Some Underdark creatures, particularly the drow and kuo-toa, raid blindheim settlements in search of slaves. Although the light from these creatures' eyes is a formidable threat to these raiders, a captured blindheim is a useful living weapon.
Elf
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— Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Elves are a magical people of otherworldly grace, living in the world but not entirely part of it. They live in places of
usually limited, though a few elves make a good living by trading crafted items for metals (which they have no interest in mining).
Elves encountered outside their own lands are commonly traveling
Kenku
Legacy
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
kenku make an easy living serving as messengers, spies, and lookouts for thieves’ guilds, bandits, and other criminal cartels. A network of kenku can relay a bird call or similar noise across the
legitimate trades. These kenku adopt noises made as part of their craft. A sailor duplicates the sound of a fluttering sail, while a smith mimics the clanging of a hammer on metal. Non-kenku describe these folk by their trade sounds, such as Sail Snap, Hammerer, and Cutter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Harrowhall’s Story Years ago, a wizard named Gremorly drew the Throne card from a Deck of Many Things, gaining ownership of a small castle called Sovereign’s Keep. Gremorly was a necromancer and
misanthrope who had little patience for the living; he resolved to use the keep to create and house a ghostly army he would use to seize power. Gremorly performed a ritual that turned Sovereign Keep into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
reconquest by the dwarves. Living in a near-constant state of war for generations, shield dwarves are a hardy people, slow to trust, with long memories and often an equally long list of grievances against
by their gold dwarf cousins. Shield dwarf crafters build to last, and each one’s signature mark placed upon an enduring masterpiece serves as a way of gaining immortality. DWARF CLANS OF THE NORTH
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
form window panes of varying clearness. It can also be heated and spun into glass objects of other sorts. Some humanoids make a living from trailing flail snails to collect this glass. USING THE SHELL
remains, the snail regrows all dead ones within 1d4 days. If all its tentacles die, the snail retracts into its shell, gaining total cover, and it begins wailing, a sound that can be heard for 600 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
infiltrates different species of wasps, taking over their motor functions, while essentially wearing their still-living bodies as a disguise so the parasites can infect other wasps. Ultimately
gaining insight into their actions and ascertaining where they could be coming from. The writing gradually turns into almost incomprehensible fragments, many alluding to the author's desire to combine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. The undead horde, no longer under his control, spread throughout the jungles of Chult. Withdrawing to Omu, Nsi clung to his noble title, joined forces with the yuan-ti living there, and underwent a
horrible ritual to become a powerful yuan-ti malison — retaining his human head and torso and gaining a serpentine lower body. With Ubtao gone from the world, Ras Nsi and his new yuan-ti followers began
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Strahd with the prospect of immortality—something Strahd desired above all. She told him of a vault of forbidden lore called the Amber Temple, where the secret of gaining immortality was hidden
her people were living among the Vistani when they heard of Tatyana’s death and Strahd’s curse. The ageless Patrina returned to Ravenloft in the hope of winning Strahd’s love. This time, it was clear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
when you finish a long rest. Living Legend 20th-level Oath of Glory feature You can empower yourself with the legends—whether true or exaggerated—of your great deeds. As a bonus action, you gain the
following benefits for 1 minute: You are blessed with an otherworldly presence, gaining advantage on all Charisma checks. Once on each of your turns when you make a weapon attack and miss, you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
an army of assassins and Undead shadows.
8 Night after night, innocent folk are drained of their life’s energy and rise as shadows. A shadow dragon living in the area is suspected of the foul
indistinguishable from the dragon’s other grim baubles.
4 An ancient shadow dragon courts Tiamat, enacting the Dragon Queen’s every demand in hopes of gaining her affection—and becoming her first shadow dragon consort.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
clues leading to the location or nature of the ritual site, or to find instructions for crafting a portalometer. Gaining lore or befriending the monks of the library could reveal that someone else
city of Mantol-Derith deep in the Underdark. A deep gnome sage named Lunicifer dwells in the city, living in a crumbling home on the shores of the Darklake. A half-mad servant of a forgotten deity named
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
blindheims speak of an ancient era when their folk dwelled upon the surface. According to their tales, their ancestors stole a piece of the sun, then fled to the Underdark before devouring it and gaining
the light from these creatures’ eyes is a formidable threat to these raiders, a captured blindheim is a useful living weapon. When venturing into the Underdark, I always take care to pack a holy symbol
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Living Legend 20th-level Oath of Glory feature You can empower yourself with the legends
—whether true or exaggerated—of your great deeds. As a bonus action, you gain the following benefits for 1 minute: You are blessed with an otherworldly presence, gaining advantage on all Charisma checks
Equipment
feet animate as hostile haze husk;Haze Husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
23–24
The Shadow;Shadows of 1d6 random creatures in the
reflection, and the feeling gnaws at the back of their minds forevermore.
45–46
The skin, flesh, and hair sloughs off all living humanoid creatures within a 30-foot-radius in a horrific
Equipment
with 120 feet animate as hostile haze husk;Haze Husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
23–24
The Shadow;Shadows of 1d6 random creatures in
simply a reflection, and the feeling gnaws at the back of their minds forevermore.
45–46
The skin, flesh, and hair sloughs off all living humanoid creatures within a 30-foot-radius in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
attractive lampads (see chapter 6) named Antiophes and Callisos recently happened upon Orestes’s tomb, gaining access through the collapsed eastern wall. They discovered the magical sarcophagus here and
hoped to use it in service to the god Athreos, helping to predict which souls would eventually try to escape the Underworld and reenter the living realm as Returned. Soon after they arrived, though
Equipment
with 120 feet animate as hostile haze husk;Haze Husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
23–24
The Shadow;Shadows of 1d6 random creatures in
a reflection, and the feeling gnaws at the back of their minds forevermore.
45–46
The skin, flesh, and hair sloughs off all living humanoid creatures within a 30-foot-radius in a horrific
Equipment
120 feet animate as hostile haze husk;Haze Husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
23–24
The Shadow;Shadows of 1d6 random creatures in the
reflection, and the feeling gnaws at the back of their minds forevermore.
45–46
The skin, flesh, and hair sloughs off all living humanoid creatures within a 30-foot-radius in a horrific
Equipment
120 feet animate as hostile haze husk;Haze Husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
23–24
The Shadow;Shadows of 1d6 random creatures in the
reflection, and the feeling gnaws at the back of their minds forevermore.
45–46
The skin, flesh, and hair sloughs off all living humanoid creatures within a 30-foot-radius in a horrific
Equipment
corpses with 120 feet animate as hostile haze husk;Haze Husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
23–24
The Shadow;Shadows of 1d6 random
or simply a reflection, and the feeling gnaws at the back of their minds forevermore.
45–46
The skin, flesh, and hair sloughs off all living humanoid creatures within a 30-foot-radius in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Undead troops, gaining them access to Kalaman’s rulers under the guise of being helpful Knights of Solamnia. During their audience with the city’s rulers, Lord Soth, Caradoc, and their Undead knights
possessed. Now, he delights in jumping from body to body, using and disposing of the living as he pleases. Personality Trait. “I might be dead, but there’s no reason I can’t live it up a little.” Ideal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Each time a check fails, the character must choose between either taking 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage from a fall or gaining 1 level of exhaustion (which means disadvantage on further ability checks
refer to her as Teacher, and they revere her as a living saint. Asharra is intelligent, ambitious, and somewhat manipulative, but never cruel or insensitive. Asharra is an aarakocra, with these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
vanished through the secret door. This torchlit chamber was once a large cellar, but it has since been converted into living quarters. Ten crude beds stand along the south wall, each with a wooden
recondite a work to be fully understood by anyone other than the appropriate specialist, but a character might be able to deduce the general subject matter. Gaining that knowledge requires 8 hours of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
giant wolf spiders are perched on either side of the doorway from area 4. They attack, gaining surprise over any creature with a passive Perception score of 16 or lower, when any creature is caught by the
them as emissaries of their dark god and fed them with offerings of living sacrifices. The ghasts currently hide in the bow of the hold, beneath the water. They won’t reveal themselves until characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
’ Quarters A long, dark hallway has three doors set into it. The rooms to the north are the living space of Duke Zalto’s prisoner overseers (see areas 12 and area 21), and the larger room to the south serves
south walls 50 feet above the floor of the main foundry, which echoes with the sound of clanging metal, rattling chains, whooshing bellows, and bubbling molten iron. The ceiling looms 40 feet above the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
gory feast. Vaprak’s Blessing. After devouring the troll sent by Vaprak, bones and all, a frost giant becomes an everlasting one, gaining tremendous strength, an ill temper, and a troll’s regenerative
ordning. They are considered outcasts, but their familiarity with the surface world makes them valuable guides, and their insights can help other stone giants grasp the dangers of living in a dream. Mad
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the creature that triggered the trap (+10 to hit; 1d12 + 5 slashing damage on a hit). The clanging of the axe alerts the guards in area E2, who investigate. Secret Door. A secret door is hidden
from the south, but they pay little attention to anyone heading in that direction. Gaining Passage. Visitors from the south must form the hand-sign for the fire cult (hands cupped together upright, with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon Organizations The only thing better than getting a dragon involved …is getting five dragons involved!
-Fizban
Most dragons are solitary, living alone or keeping company with only a single
save shattered thrones, with no rulers but the dead. Dragons shall rule the world entire …” Guided by this new vision, Severin has worked tirelessly to bring about the ascendance to power of living
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
side bears a gilded plaque that reads “Stateroom.”
The port door is locked and leads to a guest stateroom that now serves as Figaro’s living quarters. Due to his paranoid state, Figaro uses a Cube of
Force to deter any living matter from entering his room. A character trying to sneak up to Figaro’s locked door must succeed on a DC 18 Dexterity (Stealth) check to avoid being noticed. An unnoticed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
lighthouse, three large tents are set up as temporary lodgings. The members of the Order of the Stout Half-Pint and their staff were living here while preparing the lighthouse for a new round of franchise
lighthouse. In that basement, Hoobur Gran’Shoop conducts his dark experiments. (If the characters came up unlucky in gaining information from Rainbow and have no inclination to further investigate the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
living quarters when he oversaw the chapel and the maintenance of the cemetery. Read the following boxed text aloud when the characters enter this area: This simple building contains a bed, a desk, a
characters enter this area: A shallow meditation pool fills this room, set off from a broad landing edged by a low wrought-iron railing. Wondrous frescoes along the walls depict souls gaining the blessings of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Shaman’s Living Quarters A wooden table with two chairs is set against the south wall. On the table are a carafe, a cup, and a wicker basket. A smaller table stands against the north wall; on it sits an
a pearl of power. 20. Chief Shaman’s Living Quarters If the shaman in area 12 escaped and alerted the shamans here, the room is unoccupied. Otherwise, use the description below. A wooden table set