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Curse of Strahd
close as he wishes. Closed doors can be magically locked (needing a successful DC 20 Strength check to force open) until Strahd chooses to end the effect, or until Strahd uses this lair action again
apparition has the statistics of a specter.
Strahd targets one Medium or smaller creature that casts a shadow. The target’s shadow must be visible to Strahd and within 30 feet of him. If the
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Basic Rules (2014)
Regis the halfling, the only one of his kind for hundreds of miles in any direction, locked his fingers behind his head and leaned back against the mossy blanket of the tree trunk. Regis was short
that, avoiding offense. Standing about 3 feet tall, they appear relatively harmless and so have managed to survive for centuries in the shadow of empires and on the edges of wars and political strife
Backgrounds
Curse of Strahd: Character Options
with a sword or banished with a spell. It might come to you as a shadow on the wall, a bloodcurdling nightmare, a memory that refuses to die, or a demonic whisper in the dark. The burden has taken its
words and images are burned into your psyche.
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A fiend possessed you as a child. You were locked away but escaped. The fiend is still inside you, but now you try to keep it bottled up.
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and attack, pursuing creatures that flee. A wraith that has nothing to attack on its turn enters the shadow curtain and vanishes. The wraiths don’t appear once the curtain disappears. Locked Double
, facing one another. Each statue depicts a faceless robed woman holding a silver thread taut between her outstretched hands.
Shadow Curtain. A thin, translucent curtain of shadow stretches between the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Second Floor This empty chamber has a ladder affixed to one wall that climbs to an adamantine trap door leading to the roof. The trap door is closed and locked, though the proper command word (“mimsy
”) can open it. The two shadow demons lurk in the darkness of this room and attack the first character who enters, likely taking their prey by surprise.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
The Unknown Horror is born out of fear of the unknown. Our fear is heightened when the darkness engulfs us and we can’t see, or when the truth is behind a locked door, covered by a sheet, or buried
in the soft earth. It’s not the monster, but its shadow, that breeds horror. The more we know about a monster, the less we fear it, so the trick is to keep it out of the light for as long as possible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Tale of Revenge The Scrivener’s Tale tells the story of a selfish and amoral archfey called the Princess of the Shadow Glass, who is locked in a blood feud with the Queen of Air and Darkness, the
realm, the Princess of the Shadow Glass finds a home in the land of humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes, and halflings. They show her true friendship, gifting her with treasures, lands, and titles. In the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the character’s movements, allowing a shrewd player to use the duplicate to dispense with the liquid in the font. The shadow duplicate has the statistics of a commoner and is immune to poison damage. It
perfectly matches the motions of the character who created it, always keeping its back to its creator as though it was a projected image 15 feet ahead. If the character who created the shadow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
M16. Darkling Balloon Dock The door to area M14 is closed but not locked. This tower contains a sparsely furnished guest room attached to a stone balcony. The door connecting them swings back and
balloon, all three are lurking in the guest room (see appendix C for their stat blocks). Charm’s detached shadow is also present unless the characters destroyed it earlier in the adventure. Like other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
harmless and so have managed to survive for centuries in the shadow of empires and on the edges of wars and political strife. They are inclined to be stout, weighing between 40 and 45 pounds. Halflings
basic needs and simple pleasures and have little use for ostentation. Even the wealthiest of halflings keep their treasures locked in a cellar rather than on display for all to see. They have a knack for finding the most straightforward solution to a problem, and have little patience for dithering.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Dungeon Master’s Guide). Made entirely of adamantine, the two-story tower has remained sealed since its last owner retreated inside and locked the door behind her — but not before a pair of shadow
the trap door on the roof is “mimsy.” The command word to transform the tower into a one-inch metal cube is “brillig,” but speaking it has no effect since the shadow demons are still inside. To return
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
20. Children’s Room The door to this room is locked from the outside (see area 16 for details). This room contains a bricked-up window flanked by two dusty, wood-framed beds sized for children
neglected by their parents and locked in this room until they starved to death. Their small skeletons lie in the middle of the floor, plain as day, wearing tattered clothing that the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
story of how Kubazan disobeyed Papazotl and was cursed (see “Legend of the Nine Gods”). The doors are not locked but hang heavy on their hinges. Each door weighs 600 pounds, so one or more characters must
Leaves with night
Hides in darkness
Does not bite
Always joined to its caster
Never strays from its master
The answer to the riddle (“a shadow”) is a clue to finding the secret chamber
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
are reduced to 0 hit points are knocked unconscious, stripped of their gear, and locked in the prison (area M17) until Endelyn decides what to do with them. (Stagefright leads the way to the prison
give her one of the following items in exchange: Shadow. If a character agrees to give up their shadow, Endelyn uses her scissors of shadow snipping (see appendix A) to snip it off. Gloam the Cat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
relatively harmless and so have managed to survive for centuries in the shadow of empires and on the edges of wars and political strife. They are inclined to be stout, weighing between 40 and 45 pounds
concerned with basic needs and simple pleasures and have little use for ostentation. Even the wealthiest of halflings keep their treasures locked in a cellar rather than on display for all to see. They have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
locked in conflict, tried to use the souls and magic of her people to elevate herself to godly status, thus salvaging the fractured pantheon of the elves. Afterward, the legends suggest, she would attempt
Shadow As the queen rose in power, many elves became inspired by her, freely offering their souls and their magical abilities to help her achieve her goal. This group of devoted followers called
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
trade, Kalakeri is now locked in an endless storm of violence. At the center of that storm stand the remnants of the Vasavadan: three heirs transformed into unspeakable monsters by their depravity
Sri Raji, the Steaming Lands, the Land at the Heart of the World, and other fanciful names for Kalakeri. Now Kalakeri is a shadow of its past glory, a quagmire of intrigue and despair where fortunes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
babysitters who can survive the assignment.
8 An obsessed shadow dragon plots to trap an adult bronze dragon in the Shadowfell until the bronze dragon too is transformed.
Ancient Bronze Dragon
Connections d4 Connected Creatures
1 An ancient bronze dragon is locked in a centuries-old conflict with a kraken that destroyed a settlement under the bronze dragon’s protection.
2 Two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
remains trapped in his cage, which hangs from a hook protruding from a wall next to the cupboard. The cupboard is locked but can be unlocked by rotating the circular panel so that the hourglass sigil is
. Bavlorna can open the secret door without having to smile or use magic. B8. Guest Room This is a dusty, uncluttered room. Several shadow boxes hang on the wall to either side of a modest bed with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
floors as if they weren’t there. Strahd targets any number of doors and windows that he can see, causing each one to either open or close as he wishes. Closed doors can be magically locked (needing a
Medium or smaller creature that casts a shadow. The target’s shadow must be visible to Strahd and within 30 feet of him. If the target fails a DC 17 Charisma saving throw, its shadow detaches from it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
: Shrine (Locked) Students and guests are not allowed in this room, which is why Sythian locks the door. Sythian’s father, Vexxis, worshiped gods of the hunt and the harvest. When he died, this room
utter a prayer to Graz’zt; doing so has a 10 percent chance of annoying the demon lord, who causes four shadow demons to appear in the room and attack. These demons return to the Abyss after 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
of fresh water, boxes of rations, and bundles of arrows. All the tents feature the Dran Enterprises logo scrawled onto them in chalk. Treasure. In one tent, a locked chest hidden within a provision
, making finishing a long rest impossible unless the characters leave the area. Front Door The door leading into the ground floor at the base of the lighthouse is both locked and trapped. Fusillade Trap. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
N5. Arasek Stockyard This large stockyard has several locked sheds along its periphery and lies adjacent to a roomy warehouse. A wooden sign above the front gate reads “Arasek Stockyard.”
Parked at
sides of the wagon are spattered with dry blood. You also see an inscription on the wagon’s door frame that reads, “I bring you from Shadow into Light!” Rictavio carries the key to the wagon door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
their services to dragons in exchange for membership in a draconic faction. By joining one dragon’s faction, characters might end up locked in bitter strife with a different faction—and characters who
Your world might have numerous dragon overlords—one for each kind of metallic, chromatic, and gem dragon, and possibly for deep dragons, dragon turtles, faerie dragons, moonstone dragons, and shadow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Bregan D’aerthe If one or more characters are drow, Jarlaxle Baenre has his lieutenants, three drow gunslingers, shadow these potential new recruits while keeping a safe distance. Fel’rekt Lafeen and
. Getting in and out without being seen requires two successful DC 15 Dexterity (Stealth) checks, and getting past a locked door requires a successful DC 10 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools (or a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
unoccupied. The doors to fore and aft are not locked (but see area 3), and the ship’s wheel turns easily and freely. A character who makes a successful DC 10 Intelligence check determines that the wheel
covered with charts and maps. A giant spider and an ettercap lurk near the ceiling above the table, completely hidden in webbing and shadow. They attack the first creature to examine the charts and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
locked in one of the empty cells. Falaster Fisk. The first prisoner is a short, lean, erudite male human in his fifties named Falaster Fisk. Originally from Calimshan, Falaster is a neutral spy with
to this room is locked (see “Dungeon Features”), and Duke Vanthampur has the only key. The door can be unlocked from the inside without the key. When the characters open the door to the vault, read or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
female goblin (neutral) named Vig is locked in one of the cages and is doomed to suffer the same fate as her friend, Binky, unless the characters intervene on her behalf. Both goblins worked the cranes in
the shadow theater (area M10). To enter the prison (area M17), one needs the fool’s scepter that belongs to Endelyn’s master of ceremonies, Stagefright. The hag has a special guest—a hateful woman
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
rolled-up piece of golden foil. The chardalyn tube is safe to handle. P12. Snow and Shadow Unless they’re drawn to area P11 by a disturbance, Dzaan’s simulacrum (see appendix C) and its wight bodyguard
warrior in studded leather armor, its dead-gray flesh drawn tightly over its bones and its face locked in a terrible scowl. The other is an attractive young man in cold weather clothing. His face
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
the unhallowed brink of the Abyss. Rotting shacks, crumbling stone edifices, and derelict streets lie in the shadow of a silvery keep atop a gray hill. An imposing fortress of demonic construction
, not even the dead.”
–Alorio Nightriddle. archlector’s adviser
Gate Plague-Mort’s gate is the Pit, an inky sinkhole that churns within a locked chamber in the archlector’s keep. A mangled steel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
command of a nalfeshnee named Trantolox have found the entrance to the Bleeding Citadel but can’t break in (see area S14). A shadow demon has found Yeenoghu’s lost pet, the great demon Crokek’toeck, in
covered in matted gray fur claw and bite a hole into the hard, scabby floor. A demon made of shadow flies over the smaller fiends, screaming at them in Abyssal.
If Lulu is with the characters, she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Despair Although the chambers in this zone are referred to as “temples,” they are essentially security rooms designed to destroy the unwary. Doors. All the doors in this zone are locked. Aura. Divine
gate is in the eastern passage between this area and the Dark Gardens. 27. Temple of Shadow A creature near the doors into this area hears a faint moaning that rises in intensity as the creature moves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
who search this tomb find treasure (see “Treasure” below) and the following clues: Golden Locket. A heart-shaped golden locket sits on one of the bookshelves. The locket is locked but can be either
eye socket bears a wide eyeball with a jeweled iris, while the other is an empty divot.
The double door is locked and has no keyholes. To open the door from the north side, a desiccated eyeball
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
like the wind and the night!” Trapped Doors. The doors are locked (DC 15 Dexterity check to pick with thieves’ tools) and trapped. Opening the lock disables the trap. Forcing the doors open can be
. At the foot of the slab is a row of eleven of these symbols, all different in form. The carved block is the resting place of Tloques-Popolocas, a servant of the shadow-loving Zotzilaha. The glyphs on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
socket is easily done. Placing the emerald in the statue opens the door sealing off the passage to area T16. The door resists all other attempts to open it. Once opened, however, it ceases to be locked
glow, becoming normal items of their kind. Mask Door. Upon closer inspection, the mouths of both masks are open slots, each large enough to fit a Medium or Small Humanoid’s arm. The doors are locked