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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Lorehold apprentice;apprentices and then as pledgemages—study the magic of the past, searching for arcane artifacts and speaking with long-dead adventurers to uncover secrets lost to time.
Though
many Lorehold students bury themselves in old tomes, others take a more cavalier approach to their studies and travel the world to see history made before their eyes. Their magic can range from spells
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
arcane artifacts and speaking with long-dead adventurers to uncover secrets lost to time.
Though many Lorehold students bury themselves in old tomes, others take a more cavalier approach to their
studies and travel the world to see history made before their eyes. Their magic can range from spells tampering with the flow of time itself to concussive blasts that break through old ruins—to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
excelled at your studies and forged friendships and rivalries with other apprentices. You always had a particular knack for wielding flashy, energetic forces, and you focused your study on the school of
evocation. After graduating from your apprenticeship, you and your peers went your separate ways to focus on your own studies. Recently, you received a letter from one of your colleagues, pointing you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Barrier Peaks. His studies of an ancient, crashed planar craft set him on a path that might have seen him rival Ioun and Heward — until his experiments overtook him, and he became lost to the ages
his advanced studies into motion, when he joined an ill-fated expedition in search of Daoine Gloine, a legendary city said to be populated by creatures of glass. Though the rest of his party perished
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
three statues depict Cynidicea’s ancient gods: Gorm, Usamigaras, and Madarua. A character who studies the statues and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check recognizes the lost gods—who might
through the desert halts at the ruins of a lost civilization. Mountains of sand bury most of the weathered city, but a few stubborn landmarks protrude from the mounds. Arid winds and the passage of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
17. Lost Dwarven Horn Fog. The room is lightly obscured by fog.
Hooks and Horn. The walls are lined with small iron hooks upon which pictures were once hung. Hanging from a hook on the east wall is
male dwarf stripped of gear, with its breath weapon. As the dwarf shrivels and dies, an undead shadow rises from his corpse, and the vision ends. Treasure A character who studies the gem-encrusted gold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Master During your studies, you were likely under the tutelage of a master who imparted to you the precepts of the order. Your master was the one most responsible for shaping your understanding of
nearly lost an eye during one especially brutal practice session. 4 Your master seemed goodhearted while tutoring you, but betrayed your monastery in the end. 5 Your master was cold and distant. You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
schools of magic. Renowned Wizards such as Bigby, Tasha, Mordenkainen, and Yolande have built on their studies to invent iconic spells now used across the multiverse. The closest a Wizard is likely to
calls even the most unadventurous Wizards from the safety of their libraries and laboratories and into crumbling ruins and lost cities. Most Wizards believe that their counterparts in ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
studies are driven by a desire to manipulate reality. Flames Your magical ability stems from a gamble you made with a Fiend—though you’re not sure if you won or lost. Fool You use your arcane prowess to
A loved one is cursed, and you’re determined to break that curse. Puzzle You live for the pursuit of arcane secrets and lost legends. Rogue Someone you trust is actually a monster, such as a dragon or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
magic, particularly the categorization of spells into schools of magic. Renowned Wizards such as Bigby, Tasha, Mordenkainen, and Yolande have built on their studies to invent iconic spells now used
lives of crime or domination. But the lure of knowledge calls even the most unadventurous Wizards from the safety of their libraries and laboratories and into crumbling ruins and lost cities. Most Wizards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
graduating from your apprenticeship, you and your peers went your separate ways to focus on your own studies. Recently, you received a letter from one of your colleagues, pointing you toward a source of lost
Whitters Your parents identified your magical talent early in your long elven life and arranged for you to be apprenticed to a kindly wizard in the city of Neverwinter. You excelled at your studies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
his personality. Baphomet studies every detail of the mazes he creates and exults in the dread that overcome those who become lost in them. He tracks them at his leisure, striking only after the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Spirits of the Past We are the spiritual anchors of the greatest champions of our people. Through our faith, we keep their spirits from being lost to oblivion. You have been chosen by a hero. Live
studies are just preparation. Now it’s your sacred duty to be a revenant of your ancestor: to live your life as they did and allow the champion to walk the world again through you. (This title of revenant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
chamber to pursue intruders. Once all intruders are dead or gone, the wights return to their thrones and fall dormant once more. Disk of Eyes Any character who studies the disk notices that its eyes are
ring turns to dust and is destroyed if it leaves the Tomb of the Nine Gods (but see "Lost Treasures"). Obo’laka’s Spirit. The spirit of Obo’laka tries to inhabit any character who touches the ring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Is it practical to learn an ancient language that is rarely spoken? No. But is it fun? Very. 2 I learned one of my ancestors was a lauded rune carver whose story was lost to time. I seek to rekindle
that legacy. 3 The old, traditional markings of runecraft look so boring. Why not give my runes some flair? 4 In my studies of runes, I strive to understand how great civilizations of the past fell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
glitches across the Outlands. R04M provides the following information: R04M was part of the last Great Modron March. The contingent he belonged to became lost in the Outlands. R04M has deduced that the
multiverse might contort to keep R04M alive, if the modron is dead, Zaythir can provide this information as the result of her studies and investigations into Shemeshka’s dealings. R04M notes that, as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Lost Spire Locations (P1-P8) The following locations are keyed to map 2.10. P1. Upside-Down Entrance The slippery tunnel opens into an upside-down room, the contents of which are coated in frost
Wonders of Netheril. This book is a collection of interviews with Netherese archmages, who discuss their studies of ancient elven magic and the creation of mythallars (see appendix D). The book
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
stuffed full of notes from your studies or prayers, a winter blanket, a set of common clothes, an herbalism kit, and 5 gp Life of Seclusion What was the reason for your isolation, and what changed to
empathy for all who suffer. 5 I’m oblivious to etiquette and social expectations. 6 I connect everything that happens to me to a grand, cosmic plan. 7 I often get lost in my own thoughts and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
teleported creatures arrive in an empty space near this oval, regardless of their intended destination in the Mournland. A creature that studies the reflection of the Mournland in the oval clearly sees the
, Kalyth admits that in the aftermath of the Day of Mourning, she lost several valuable magic items and a purse full of gold that she could’ve used to stave off the veterans’ current financial plight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
to one of concern for a lost patient. Trantor describes Jarme as a quiet sort who was resolute in his claims of innocence. Though the physician has no reason to doubt the evidence suggesting that the
. The walls beyond are covered with childlike sketches, all overlapping each other in confusing waves and patterned swirls.
Any character who studies the sketches for a few minutes quickly recognizes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
(lawful neutral human Lorehold professor of order) is the current Dean of Order. A professor of spirit studies, she has been called the college’s most talented pastraiser. She can conjure entire legions of
it’s a magnificent jeweled crown or an old shovel. As a student, he constantly spent time in detention for hoarding the best finds from Lorehold dig sites in his room; he lost count of how many times
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
alcove.
This chamber is where Chalaag, the gray slaad explorer who discovered Spawn Hollow, studies the migrating flesh by tracking its warts. Chalaag is a gangly slaad that speaks Common and Deep
feet across and appears to consist of warty flesh slowly falling into its center. Any object or creature entering the vortex is lost within the Far Realm for 2d6 hours before reappearing in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
peaceful realm. Cultists worship and protect this weapon, which must be seized and destroyed to end the threat. Forgotten Dynasty. The long-lost seat of a forgotten dynasty rises from the sea or the
knights and nobles. Calder Moore Fortresses on the backs of dragon turtles rise from
the depths, heralding the return of a long-lost dynasty Epic Fantasy Conflicts. Conflicts like these highlight the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
face challenges from their subjects (whether members of lost civilizations or magical beings) or suspicious anti-intellectuals. Not everyone wants to be the subject of scholarly scrutiny or thinks that
solving the world’s mysteries is important or desirable. The Academy Quests table presents a few of the sort of endeavors your work or studies lead you to undertake. Academy Quests d6 Quest 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Loremonger I never forget a detail … though many wish I would. — Loremonger mantra Information has value, and the loremonger is that information’s keeper. A franchise’s loremonger studies and
you’ve ever visited
6 The entire family tree of every royal line, extant or lost, in Faerûn
7 A moment-by-moment review of your favorite Jim Darkmagic stage performance
8 The sound of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
spheres on a shelf along the north wall.
Lord Viallis studies magic in this room, which is off limits to his cultists. The papers are covered with formulas and schematics, recognizable as related
bookcase holds a collection of debased literature, dark mythology, studies of aberrant magic, and treatises on elder gods. Lord Viallis has been building this collection for years for the benefit of his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
: Magical Wonders of Netheril. Characters can find an intact copy of this book in the Lost Spire of Netheril (see "Lost Spire of Netheril"). Skeleton and Treasure. Enough of the charred skeleton remains to
dense chunk of coal at its core. The Summer Star has lost its luster but not its magic. A detect magic spell or similar magic reveals a weak, residual aura of transmutation magic surrounding it. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, a bow tie, and spectacles. Bracus (N lizardfolk with the iconic hoardsperson feature; see “Iconic Faction Features” in appendix B) studies the characters, touching his fingers to his chin as he
empty its contents. Roll for initiative, but Szorrulax’s first act is to plane shift away. All is not lost, though. Once the characters defeat the remaining foes, they can investigate the cabin. In the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
weapon. One of the kobolds pipes up with, “What’s your name?”
At that, all the kobolds begin barraging you with questions—“Where are you from?” “What’s that?” “Why are you here?” and more that are lost
characters if he can. A gold hangman’s noose is worked into the design of Tarak’s visible tattoos. A character who studies the tattoos and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (History) check recognizes the mark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
detail these locations and how creatures transported to them can return to the Lost Caverns. Once a creature has been transported to a location in this way, it can’t be sent to that destination by
. Creatures that pass through the portal emerge in front of area G9 of the Lost Caverns. Labyrinth Encounters d20 Encounter 1–10 No encounter 11–12 A row of humanoid heads on pikes 13–14 A bloodthirsty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
secrets lost to time. Though many Lorehold students bury themselves in old tomes, others take a more cavalier approach to their studies and travel the world to see history made before their eyes. Their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
recorded it in her notes. Mending Figaro’s Memories. Ilren used repeated Modify Memory spells to manipulate Figaro’s mind. A character who studies Figaro’s symptoms and succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence
safe room: “The moon sings a song for the lost.” Ward Rune. The ward rune is on the wall above the desk. Z14a–Z14b: Forecastle and Top Deck A colossal heart—part flesh and part stone—looms over this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, and general sweating that a place of such size requires, and work at their studies, hoping to prove themselves and be accepted into the ranks of the scribes. The scribes do most of the archival labor
precious currency of Candlekeep: knowledge. I know of many companies who have been shown lore concerning lost ruins, then asked to brave some dangerous place and return with prizes that can be found only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
civilization, to predict areas where villages or towns might be found, and to avoid becoming lost. You have studied so many maps that common patterns, such as how trade routes evolve and where settlements
glass jars. Arcana. Your knowledge of the nature and uses of herbs can add insight to your magical studies that deal with plants and your attempts to identify potions. Investigation. When you inspect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
master bedroom. The furnishings have lost some of their color and splendor. A short pull-rope hangs from a wooden trapdoor in the ceiling. The baron and the baroness sleep in one bed at night. Nothing
to 0 hit points, the creature is disintegrated. Any character who studies the circle and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check realizes that Victor’s circle is horribly flawed and