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sunlight, it has Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.Multiattack. The vampire makes two attacks, using Grave Strike or Sickening Ray in any combination.
Grave Strike. Melee Attack Roll: +10
;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Grave Strike"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d8+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Grave Strike", "rollDamageType
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Incorruptible Vessel. The exorcist can’t be possessed by Celestials, Fiends, or Undead.Multiattack. The exorcist makes two Grave Burst attacks.
Grave Burst. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +6
;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Grave Burst"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (3d10 + 3) necrotic;{"diceNotation":"3d10+3", "rollType":"damage
Monsters
Heroes of the Borderlands
Points equal to the Necrotic damage taken.Wights are the withered corpses of relentless warriors whose wickedness sustains them beyond death. After dying and returning from the grave, a wight
continues its villainous ways, but it is now driven by a hunger for life. A wight drains living essence through its attacks.PoisonNecrotic
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
magically into one living tree within 5 feet of itself and emerge from a second living tree within 60 feet of itself that it can see, appearing in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the second tree
interfere with the goings-on of the faerie court. Instead, treefolk serve as guardians and shepherds of their wild groves, dispensing wisdom and blessings to travelers who wander under their branches
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
bonus action on her subsequent turns to continue singing. She can stop singing at any time. The song ends if Aphemia is incapacitated or dies.
Grave Calling Song. Aphemia intones a low, growling
travelers and settlements.
Cruel, corpse-eating creatures, harpies endlessly seek their next meal, careless of whether it comes from the living or the dead. With equal zeal, these vicious scavengers set
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Aerenal. They are the most powerful members of the Undying Court who still maintain their physical forms. While many undying councilors spend their days advising the living, some devote years projecting
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
through her veins.
Mother Night. Over four hundred years ago, Katarina came to Barovia and insinuated herself into Strahd’s court, working as a maid in Castle Ravenloft. She came to know the
the master of Ravenloft, but she has all the power she desires and doesn’t seek to supplant him. She would rather help Strahd find someone else to succeed him, although she has grave doubts about
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Dead. The corpse flower swallows one unsecured Humanoid corpse within 10 feet of it, along with any equipment the corpse is wearing or carrying.A corpse flower can sprout atop the grave of an evil
malevolent bent and despises the living.
With or without corpses nested in its body, a corpse flower exudes a stench of decay that can overwhelm the senses of nearby creatures, causing them to become
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
court of vampires and ghosts in her palace of ice. Other tales claim that when anyone dies in Lhazaar, Illmarrow chooses whether to take their soul before it passes on to the Keeper and Dolurrh.
But
Emerald Claw, but her motives for founding the order are buried in her past. Lady Illmarrow has no interest in ruling the living. Rather, she seeks to become Queen of the Dead.
The Mark of Death
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
extraordinarily long, spindly limbs. She must submerge herself in a briny concoction for an hour each day, or her body will dry out until it locks up in a kind of living rictus, and she remains that way until
. When their sister returned, the hags used this power to trap Iggwilv and her court in temporal stasis. The hags then carved up Iggwilv’s domain, splitting it between them. The sisters couldn&rsquo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
be lost to the oblivion that is Dolurrh. The wisest and most accomplished elves are preserved after death, becoming members of the Undying Court. The devotion of the living elves sustains the Undying
an agent of a specific councilor—perhaps your own ancestor? The Undying Court despises undead creatures that prey on the living, so if you don’t have a concrete mission, you can always hunt down undead and evil necromancers.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
an abomination. Deities of the grave include Kelemvor, Wee Jas, the ancestral spirits of the Undying Court, Hades, Anubis, and Osiris. Followers of these deities seek to put wandering spirits to rest
Grave Domain Gods of the grave watch over the line between life and death. To these deities, death and the afterlife are a foundational part of the multiverse. To desecrate the peace of the dead is
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. A blot of shadow in the corner of a dusty crypt might be a shadow crossing, as might an open grave. Shadow crossings form in gloomy places where spirits or the stench of death lingers, such as
on the Shadowfell: the city of Evernight. Evernight is a city of cracked stone edifices and homes of rotten wood. Its roads are made mostly of trampled grave dust, and its few cobbled streets are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
nature of the horror is on display. Ghost Story Settings d8 Setting
1 A realm where speaking to spirits is just like speaking with the living
2 A graveyard city-state where all living
residents are grave keepers
3 A nation where the residents observe grueling rituals to keep the angry dead appeased
4 A city where the victims of violence can’t cross into the afterlife
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
their god. The Nightmare Lands Darklord: The Nightmare Court
Hallmarks: Nightmares, reoccurring dreams
Any who sleep might close their eyes and become forever trapped in the Nightmare Lands, a
unending nightmare. Insidious entities called the Nightmare Court rule the domain. None know how many members compose the court, but they include the tragically graceful Ghost Dancer, the tomb-bound
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Chapter 1: Grave Escape The characters have died, but their adventures are far from over. Victims of a multiversal mishap, they awaken with hazy memories in the basement of the Mortuary, a foreboding
living tomb where the dead are interred, cremated, or raised to serve the Heralds of Dust. Surely, someone in the City of Doors can help the characters learn about their pasts, but the characters must first escape their gloomy prison before its wardens lay them to rest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
and sate that hunger by drinking the blood of the living. Vampires abhor sunlight, for its touch burns them. They never cast shadows or reflections, and any vampire wishing to move unnoticed among the
living keeps to the darkness and far from reflective surfaces. Dark Desires. Whether or not a vampire retains any memories from its former life, its emotional attachments wither as once-pure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Vampires Blood-Sucking Lords of the Night Habitat: Underdark, Urban; Treasure: Any Vampires disguise their accursed, immortal natures, passing as mortals to feed on the blood of the living. While
.
Vampire Resting Places 1d6 The Vampire’s Resting Place Is...
1 Among the roots of a dead tree.
2 At the bottom of a stagnant pool.
3 A coffin filled with grave dirt.
4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
behind an open grave. After the halflings fled with the mandolin, Frody awakened, crawled from his coffin, shambled to his mother’s old cabin, and knocked on the door. The young family living there
students, Wylie van Timmel, shows great promise. Sythian hatched a plan to snatch Golden Axe from Frody’s grave and give it to Wylie as a present, hoping to earn the favor and long-term financial support
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
them beyond death. Unlike mere zombies, they retain the memories and evil agendas they harbored in life. After dying and returning from the grave, a wight continues its villainous ways, but it is now
driven by a hunger for life. A wight drains living essence through its attacks. Humanoids slain by a wight’s life-sapping grip reanimate a day later and serve the wight as obedient zombies. Valera
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
has the only official court for the shifter sport hrazhak. Find Refuge. While most of the refugees in High Walls come from Cyre, the district is a haven for anyone displaced in the war, including
High Walls with your name on it; even if you don’t, you could have friends or family living in High Walls.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
conformity. The two groups are not opposites morally or ethically; good and evil Fey can be found in both. Seelie and Unseelie Fey gather in courts. The Seelie court is called the Summer Court, and the
Unseelie court is called the Gloaming Court. Both courts stretch to the far corners of the Feywild, so their representatives can be encountered almost anywhere on this plane of existence. The Summer Court
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
the area patrolled by the guard did she explain that the noises indicated that the wingless folk had claimed that area, and that to trespass would be to court death.
— Gimble, Notes from a
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. The Mournland is a vast open grave. In the Mournland, the wounds of war never heal, vile magical effects linger, and monsters mutate into even more foul and horrible creatures. Arcane effects
continue to rain upon the land, magical storms that never dissipate. Stories speak of living spells — war magic that has taken physical form, sentient fireballs and vile cloudkills that endlessly search for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Wight Lifedrinker Life-Leeching Corpse Warrior Wights are the withered corpses of relentless warriors whose wickedness sustains them beyond death. After dying and returning from the grave, a wight
continues its villainous ways, but it is now driven by a hunger for life. A wight drains living essence through its attacks. Wight Lifedrinker Medium Undead, Neutral Evil
AC 14 Initiative +4 (14)
HP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
to conduct business in Pylas Talaear.
Shae Mordai This ancient citadel houses the Undying Court, the deathless ancestors who shape the destiny of Aerenal. It is built atop a rift to the Plane of
the distant past. The Citadel of the Court is said to be far larger than it appears and to hold the greatest treasures of the elves.
The North The northern steppes of Aerenal are the domain of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
wandering across the land gathering lore, telling stories, and living on the gratitude of audiences, much like any other entertainer. But a depth of knowledge, a level of musical skill, and a touch of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
are busy people, though, and if your business isn’t pressing, you might be handled by a functionary of the court. The State Contacts table provides several options for what functionaries your group
are the best path to the head of state’s good graces 3 A wide-eyed bureaucrat who dreams of living a life as exciting and dangerous as yours 4 A scheming relative of the head of state who sees you as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires
wandering across the land gathering lore, telling stories, and living on the gratitude of audiences, much like any other entertainer. But a depth of knowledge, a level of musical skill, and a touch of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
those cards. All manner of mysterious beings consider a spirit board’s use an invitation to communicate with the living, resulting in messages shared from beyond the grave and frightful revelations. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Adventure Outline In Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, the characters experience the magical scars left behind by the death of dragons. Faced with the evil schemes of one living dragon and the righteous
,” describes how the grave of Sharruth spawns magical connections to the Elemental Plane of Fire that threaten a community of mushroom-like myconids. Chapter 3, “Cursed Shipwreck,” details a ship that
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary Hinchel Or The Mortuary rises above Sigil, the crossroads of the multiverse, like a dead hand erupting from a grave. Headquarters of the Heralds of Dust, one of the
room in Sigil left for the living; bodies would pile in the streets, the stench of rotting corpses would fill the air, and restless souls with nowhere to go would plague citizens in droves. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
afterlife, the Heralds of Dust devote themselves to caring for the deceased. The Mortuary’s musty halls echo with skeletal figures wheeling squeaking gurneys, shoveling grave dirt, reciting woeful
elegies, and weeping with remorse. The stench of embalming fluids and rotting flesh wafts from its numerous morgues to stuffy undercrofts and dusty libraries filled with death certificates, funerary tomes, and grimoires bound in still-living flesh.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
and snuffs its living breath, its spirit cries out to the demon lord Orcus or some vile god of the underworld for a reprieve: undeath in return for eternal war on the living. If a dark power answers
the call, the spirit is granted undeath so that it can pursue its own malevolent agenda. Wights possess the memories and drives of their formerly living selves. They will heed the call of whatever dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Aereni elves, the honored dead walk among the living. Heroes who died in glorious battle return to serve the Sibling Kings. And in the depths of Shae Mordai, the deathless lords of the Undying Court
agents of the Undying Court embrace their mandate to seek out and destroy vampires, liches, and other such undead. Aereni civilization is over twenty thousand years old. Secure in their island