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Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
;s Mind Poison for 24 hours.Respected as guardians by villains across the multiverse, maelephants are Fiends with pachyderm-like heads. They can exhale toxic fumes that cause foes to temporarily
forget their combat training, spellcasting abilities, and other skills.
Maelephants strike bargains with wicked spellcasters and entities of the Lower Planes, pledging to guard a site or object for
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
ensure that those powers never rose again. Strahd, Ulmed, and their companions hunted Fiends, Undead, Aberrations, and other supernatural threats and were tireless foes of cults like the priest of
members became the inquisition’s scholars, represented by a tome.
Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site, and the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, guardians of the sacred, and counterbalances to the forces of evil.
Ki-rins are an embodiment of good, and simply beholding one can evoke fear or awe in an observer. A typical ki-rin looks like a
of evil. Having one horn is most common, but a particularly fierce ki-rin might have two horns or a set of antlers like those of a great stag.
In many lands, common folk view ki-rins as heralds of
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, and their companions hunted Fiends, Undead, Aberrations, and other supernatural threats and were tireless foes of cults like the priest of osybus;priests of Osybus. When Strahd fell into darkness
by a tome.
Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site, and the inquisition sends its members throughout the multiverse, seeking
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, and when not called on to take action, they root themselves in the earth and silently take sustenance from it.
Like trees, wood woads need only sunlight, air, and nutrients from the earth to go on
living. Because they are undying, some wood woads outlive their original purpose. The site a wood woad guards might lose its power or significance over time, or those whom it was assigned to guard
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
like the priest of osybus;priests of Osybus. When Strahd fell into darkness, Ulmed was heartbroken at his friend’s transformation and changed the inquisition’s mission. Instead of focusing on
order’s members became the inquisition’s scholars, represented by a tome.
Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
like those of other liches.
Unlike a true lich;lich's phylactery, the periapt of mind trapping doesn’t restore the alhoons to undeath if they are destroyed. Instead, a destroyed alhoon’s
oblivion, and thus alhoons often work together to create elaborate protections for their periapt and their preferred ritual site. Sometimes a single alhoon is entrusted with the periapt of mind
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
kindred spirits and like to rub affectionately against their keels.
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I like to show visitors the vastness of my domain, so they appreciate how insignificant they are.
5
I attack anyone I
selecting a lair is ensuring that the site is large enough to accommodate the creature’s prodigious size as the centuries wear on. After that, proximity to shipping lanes and freedom from irksome
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
devoted to a sacred site in the midst of the rubblebelt.
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My weapon is made from the first raktusk I ever hunted.
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GrrrRRAAAAGGHH! [I will do anything to prove myself greater than my
work in a raid, but seems to think that I’m not like other Gruul.
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I foolishly borrowed money from an Orzhov syndic to indulge a shameful vice.
8
A close friend left our clan and
Water Weird
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
those its summoner declares as off limits. When slain, a water weird becomes an inanimate pool of water.
Good and Evil Weirds. Like most elementals, a water weird has no concept of good or evil
. However, a water weird bound to a sacred or befouled source of water begins to take on the nature of that site, becoming neutral good or neutral evil.
A neutral good water weird tries to frighten away
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
help a tired or lost traveler. Emerging from the shadows near the site of the deed, the creature takes to the road, wandering to seek out travelers who might have food it can sneak away with in return
group and attempts to flee. For the rest of the characters' journey, their rations taste like ash and any camping spots are infested with lice and biting insects. Each character in the party wakes up
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
irritable and easily frustrated to the point of violence. For such creatures, every minor failure feels like gross incompetence. Simple tasks become increasingly difficult. Those who undertake those tasks
frustration and antipathy build. When adventurers enter the dungeon, the mites go to work to exploit the added chaos. They use their magic to drag visitors into their web of anger and frustration, luring explorers deeper into the site and into situations and locations that promise to yield up the most havoc.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
look like claw marks. A character who succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Nature) check thinks the marks are from large feline claws. Work Site Attack During the conversation with Jung-Soon, the character
visit the area near the forest, they find a large construction site full of scaffolding and equipment. Laborers clear stumps and raise the frames of new houses while armed guards keep an eye on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
look like claw marks. A character who succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Nature) check thinks the marks are from large feline claws. Work Site Attack During the conversation with Jung-Soon, the character
visit the area near the forest, they find a large construction site full of scaffolding and equipment. Laborers clear stumps and raise the frames of new houses while armed guards keep an eye on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Folk Horror Adventure Sites The sites of folk horror adventures embody a community’s traditions or what shelters it from society at large. Folk Horror Adventure Sites d6 Adventure Site
1 A
monolith covered in prayer scrolls
4 A field where paths grow in corridor-like patterns leading to a ruin at the center
5 A mansion built incorporating a stone circle
6 A cavern where the glowing bones of an otherworldly being jut from the walls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Folk Horror Adventure Sites The sites of folk horror adventures embody a community’s traditions or what shelters it from society at large. Folk Horror Adventure Sites d6 Adventure Site
1 A
monolith covered in prayer scrolls
4 A field where paths grow in corridor-like patterns leading to a ruin at the center
5 A mansion built incorporating a stone circle
6 A cavern where the glowing bones of an otherworldly being jut from the walls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
describes additional encounters you can use in the course of the adventure, including a magical hot spring with mysterious guardians at the site of a brass dragon’s death. Chapter 2, “Seagrow Caves
,” 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
describes additional encounters you can use in the course of the adventure, including a magical hot spring with mysterious guardians at the site of a brass dragon’s death. Chapter 2, “Seagrow Caves
,” 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
The Moon Glade This section expands on one location the characters might journey to as part of their search for the Six’s ritual site. Research and Requisitions As the characters work to perfect
their portalometer, they hear of a site deep in the High Forest not far from the Star Mounds, known as the Moon Glade. The waters of the Moon Glade rest upon an intersection of magical ley lines, tied to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
The Moon Glade This section expands on one location the characters might journey to as part of their search for the Six’s ritual site. Research and Requisitions As the characters work to perfect
their portalometer, they hear of a site deep in the High Forest not far from the Star Mounds, known as the Moon Glade. The waters of the Moon Glade rest upon an intersection of magical ley lines, tied to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
) subjects might cast off mortal weakness and live like the gods. But the kingpriest and his servants were loath to reveal how they created their paradise. The city was constructed on an ancient
sacred site where, for millennia, dragons of Krynn had gone to die. The kingpriest harnessed the magical resonance of the dragons buried there, lifting the city into the sky.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
) subjects might cast off mortal weakness and live like the gods. But the kingpriest and his servants were loath to reveal how they created their paradise. The city was constructed on an ancient
sacred site where, for millennia, dragons of Krynn had gone to die. The kingpriest harnessed the magical resonance of the dragons buried there, lifting the city into the sky.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
of creatures mill about or are lining up into ordered infantry ranks. In the air above, dozens of chromatic dragons wheel and shriek like a flock of immense crows, awaiting the bloodshed of the
their own use. Within the central caldera, they raised a ritual space for creating dracoliches from dragons drawn to the site knowing they would soon die. Under Severin’s leadership, the caldera and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
be important: the lord’s keep, significant temples, and the like. For cities, add internal walls and think about the personality of each ward. Give the wards names reflecting their personalities
, which also identify the kinds of trades that dominate the neighborhood (Tannery Square, Temple Row), a geographical characteristic (Hilltop, Riverside), or a dominant site (the Lords’ Quarter).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
be important: the lord’s keep, significant temples, and the like. For cities, add internal walls and think about the personality of each ward. Give the wards names reflecting their personalities
, which also identify the kinds of trades that dominate the neighborhood (Tannery Square, Temple Row), a geographical characteristic (Hilltop, Riverside), or a dominant site (the Lords’ Quarter).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
of creatures mill about or are lining up into ordered infantry ranks. In the air above, dozens of chromatic dragons wheel and shriek like a flock of immense crows, awaiting the bloodshed of the
their own use. Within the central caldera, they raised a ritual space for creating dracoliches from dragons drawn to the site knowing they would soon die. Under Severin’s leadership, the caldera and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
14: Crash Site Rubble and metal wreckage cover the ground of this ragged fissure. The ceiling is 20 feet high, and its magical light panels have been destroyed, leaving this area in darkness. When
shown on the map, blocks off the western half of the crash site. 14a: Damselfly Wreckage Pieces of a destroyed spelljamming ship lie scattered about the crash site. About 50 pounds of useful salvage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
14: Crash Site Rubble and metal wreckage cover the ground of this ragged fissure. The ceiling is 20 feet high, and its magical light panels have been destroyed, leaving this area in darkness. When
shown on the map, blocks off the western half of the crash site. 14a: Damselfly Wreckage Pieces of a destroyed spelljamming ship lie scattered about the crash site. About 50 pounds of useful salvage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Franchise Downtime Much of the break between episode 5 and 6 will be focused on determining the location of the Six’s ritual site. The key clue to doing so is knowing that the ritual needs to be
Downtime” section in chapter 2.
LOTTIE
Locating the Ritual Site As the endgame approaches, the time the characters have spent with the orrery and its component pieces can grant the necessary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
. Like his ancestor, Sparkrender seeks to claim the destructive magic that lingers at the site. Like Runara, Sparkrender has recruited kobolds to join his cause. About five days before the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Optional Encounter: Ghost of Pfingston Nezzelech When the characters decide to leave the Daask excavation site and return to the City of Towers, Old Sharn’s ruins reveal one final surprise. The ghost
a fun way to give some background on the city. The ghost’s name is Pfingston Nezzelech, and he’s been dead for over 500 years. This encounter can take as long as you’d like. Consider mentioning some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
. Like his ancestor, Sparkrender seeks to claim the destructive magic that lingers at the site. Like Runara, Sparkrender has recruited kobolds to join his cause. About five days before the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Optional Encounter: Ghost of Pfingston Nezzelech When the characters decide to leave the Daask excavation site and return to the City of Towers, Old Sharn’s ruins reveal one final surprise. The ghost
a fun way to give some background on the city. The ghost’s name is Pfingston Nezzelech, and he’s been dead for over 500 years. This encounter can take as long as you’d like. Consider mentioning some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Franchise Downtime Much of the break between episode 5 and 6 will be focused on determining the location of the Six’s ritual site. The key clue to doing so is knowing that the ritual needs to be
Downtime” section in chapter 2.
LOTTIE
Locating the Ritual Site As the endgame approaches, the time the characters have spent with the orrery and its component pieces can grant the necessary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, vine-covered buildings rise above the flooded streets that are now more like canals than roadways. The site is eerily quiet. The ruins have been thoroughly ransacked by the Flaming Fist in the name of
Baldur’s Gate, and Flaming Fist patrols still visit the site regularly — partly as training for new recruits, partly to make sure nothing was missed. Neither treasure nor clues remain for the player characters to find here.