madness singing with only above from for led

Bringing the Carnival to Life

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

a group of mischievous pixies. 7 Giant, singing flowers burst from the ground and serenade passersby. 8 A lively jig springs up, led by a troupe of gnomish clowns.

Warlock

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

that combination as evidence of madness. Warlocks see it as a demonstration of bravery. Warlocks are defined by two elements that work in concert to forge their path into this class. The first

element is the event or circumstances that led to a warlock’s entering into a pact with a planar entity. The second one is the nature of the entity a warlock is bound to. Unlike clerics, who typically

Development

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Development Another tunnel on the opposite side of the cavern heads off in a different direction than where Yeenoghu led his pack. Characters who defeat the remaining gnolls can continue on their way

that they can occasionally hear it beating. A character who carries the heart, even in a bag of holding or similar extradimensional space, makes saving throws against madness with disadvantage. The

Fraz-Urb'luu's Gem

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

, which she, in her madness, mistook as a payment from the drow enclave to assassinate Lorthuun, a maimed beholder allied with the Zhentarim. Yantha’s theft of the gem led Krimgol to leave and return with

prey to delusional madness. A duergar ale merchant named Krimgol Muzgardt found the gem and took it to Mantol-Derith. By the time he arrived, Krimgol had succumbed to the delusion that he was a

Whorlstone Tunnels

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

mysterious black obelisk in the farthest cave (see area 16). The other group is a budding cult of derro demon worshipers led by a renegade member of the Council of Savants. Sensing that the demon lords are

somehow using faerzress to spread chaos and madness, the demon worshipers have begun conducting rituals to infect Gracklstugh. Intent on weakening the city and breaking the power of King Horgar

Neverlight Grove

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

. Myconids don’t speak. They communicate telepathically by emitting their rapport spores. As a result, they live quiet lives. Strange music and singing echoes from the large cavern behind the grove, just loud

these spores for 24 hours. On a failed save, the creature is infected with a disease called the spores of Zuggtmoy and also gains a random form of indefinite madness (determined by rolling on the

Giant Mushroom Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Wisdom saving throw or gain one level of madness (see “Madness” in chapter 2). Characters can discern the shapes of writhing creatures inside each lump. Most of these are humanoids, though a few of the

muck. Characters witnessing this must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or gain one level of madness. Throughout the entire cavern, loud moans and cries of agony answer the drow’s screams in a

The Shadow Marches

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

. The homeland of the orcs, it was scarred in the ancient conflict with the daelkyr. These fiends left twisted creatures and aberrations in the swamps, and sowed seeds of madness that linger to this day

a House Sivis expedition made two discoveries: the region contained valuable dragonshards, and a number of clans had manifested the Dragonmark of Finding. This led to the foundation of House Tharashk

Shadow Marches

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

homeland of the orcs, the Marches were scarred in the ancient conflict with the daelkyr. The fiends left twisted creatures and aberrations in the swamps, and sowed seeds of madness that linger to this

hundred years ago, when a House Sivis expedition made two discoveries: the region contained valuable dragonshards, and a number of clans had manifested the Dragonmark of Finding. This led to the

Yeenoghu's Hunt

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

transform into gnolls. Any adventurer witnessing this horrible tableau must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or gain one level of madness (see “Madness” in chapter 2). If this causes the

character to suffer a bout of indefinite madness, determine the nature of the madness using the Madness of Yeenoghu table in appendix D. Yeenoghu (see appendix D) has been wandering the Underdark since he

1. Secret Entrances

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

.” 1b. North Entrance The password to open this secret door is “belaern,” a drow word meaning “wealth.” If the characters are being guided by members of the Black Network, they are led through this

has broken his sanity. He kills and eats other humanoids he encounters or, as he calls it, “culls the herd to maintain the natural order.” This is considered a form of indefinite madness (see

Cults of the Dragon Below

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

, most are drawn to it by strange visions and corrupting madness. Like weeds breaking through the foundation of Khorvaire, Cults of the Dragon Below can spring up anywhere, at any time. Unlike other

that only the eye tyrant has the vision to lead them to a golden age. 6 A cult of Dyrrn led by a mind flayer kidnaps people with dragonmarks, seeking to decipher the marks and transfer them to others. 7

Merrow

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

to their king. Everyone who touched the idol became afflicted with madness, including the king, who decreed that a sacrificial ritual be performed to open a gateway to the Abyss. The ocean turned red

with the blood of slaughtered merfolk, but the ritual worked, and the king led the survivors through the underwater gate to Demogorgon’s layer of the Abyss. The merfolk remained there for generations

The Braeryn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

characters as possible, hoping to infect them with his or her spores when the time comes. Mad Drow This drow commoner suffers from a form of indefinite madness (see “Madness” in chapter 2 of the Dungeon

the gnome. If the characters follow the possessed gnome, they are led to a cramped cave under a dilapidated building. The cave is the secret lair of another 2d4 intellect devourers.

The Shadowdusks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

mad, and it didn’t take long for the madness to spread to other members of the Shadowdusk family and come into public view. As the family’s behavior grew more bizarre, local broadsheets circulated

darkness.” The family’s crest is a lit torch with three embers rising from the flame, set against a purple background. In the wake of the family’s descent into Undermountain and madness, this crest has

Goblinoids (Heirs of Dhakaan)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

warriors of Dhakaan are preparing to reclaim their stolen lands, and the nations of Khorvaire have no idea what’s coming. During the struggle with the daelkyr, some Dhakaani leaders saw the madness

spreading among their people and knew it would destroy their civilization. They led their forces into deep subterranean chambers and severed all contact with the outside world. In recent years these

Cathedral Assault

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

area should be free of devils unless the characters arrive there just as the devils do. Group 1: Abishai and Cultists This group is led by the mastermind behind the raid on the cathedral: Victuusa, a

represent them) on a rampage. The brigands were driven mad by the journey to Avernus, and have now pledged themselves to their spined devil master. Their madness causes them to bellow and gibber as they

The Mark of Tharizdun

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

ago. Even such a strange scar would normally be little more than a curiosity, but Sgothgah saw a pattern in this one that evoked thoughts of Tharizdun’s dark madness. The aboleth took this event as a

. Led secretly by one of the Styes’ own ruling councillors — an inhuman creature that calls itself “Mr. Dory” — this cult of Tharizdun has thrived in the decay of the Styes for decades. Through

Haunted Keeps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

the Feathergale Knights. These “knights” affect a dashing image and are given to drinking, singing, wearing fashionable clothing, and general revelry. The club is a cover for the Cult of the Howling

of a stone keep and gatehouse linked by a curtain wall to a river tower and dock. Rivergard is home to a mercenary band led by “Lord of the Castle” Jolliver Grimjaw (see chapter 7). The band is

Creating a Gnoll War Band

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

indicates the war band’s commander (if it has one) and gives a modifier to apply to the composition results: for a band led by a flind, double all the results, and for a band that lacks a leader

and drink spoil 2 Animals become rabid, vicious 3 Terrible storms erupt 4 Minor earthquakes strike 5 Residents suffer bursts of short-term madness 6 Folk indulge in decadence, excessive drinking 7 Quarrels turn violent 8 Friends betray one another 9–12 None

Aberrant Dragonmarks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

that could drive a weak-willed person to madness. It takes time for a character to learn to control their mark, and in time people may be hurt. If an aberrant mark grants fire bolt, the person who

devoted to you. All of these factors have led to the general superstition that people with aberrant dragonmarks are dangerous, that their marks drive them crazy or turn them into sociopaths. These

Ancient Mysteries

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

bonds and wreak havoc, and we must always be vigilant. Civilizations rose and fell. The giants of Xen’drik worked great magics, even destroying one of the moons. This rash action led the reclusive

conflict with the vile daelkyr. These flesh-warping lords of madness were eventually trapped in Khyber by wise orcish druids, but ruins are all that remain of that great empire. Modern civilization

12. Drow Battle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

cavern is the site of a heated battle between House Freth (to the north) and House Auvryndar (to the south). House Freth’s forces are nine male drow led by a male drow mage named Spirreth Dalambra. The

forces of House Auvryndar are fifteen drow (twelve females and three males) led by a female drow priestess of Lolth named Shindreer Argonrae. The chasmes are agents of House Freth, while the hezrou is

After the Fall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

. Desperate adventurers might seek her out as a last resort or be led to her realm by a series of tempting clues. Method or Madness? Some wizards and other scholars have speculated that the Raven Queen is

After the Fall After the nagpas were created and then banished by the Raven Queen, the shadar-kai watched as she fell deeper and deeper into a divine madness. Her pain and turmoil over the betrayal

Adventure Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

, madness and destruction could spread unchecked through the North. The presence of Elemental Evil in the Sumber Hills goes back thousands of years, when a sect of renegade drow discovered the extensive

, DeVir was no servant of Lolth; like the forgotten sect that created the temple long ago, he devoted himself to the nameless power of the Elder Elemental Eye. His beliefs led to his exile from drow

28. Grick Snack Watch Post

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

of subdued madness in them with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check. (The obelisk was created by Halaster and sounds just like him.) The obelisk’s “vision” refers to the secret passage at area

successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check and causes it to break into myriad pieces on the floor. 28c. East Chamber Goblins. Unless they are led elsewhere, six goblins cower behind broken halves of a stone

Citadel Adbar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

of the realm. Much was required to break the North out of the great siege the Many-Arrows orcs held it under. There are also whispers that King Harnoth led his Knights of the Mithral Shield out into

both singing and history. The current dirgekeeper is Ollyn Grimtongue of Citadel Felbarr, who was appointed by King Emerus Warcrown a century ago, and is the only dwarf permitted to add new lines to

Feywild Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

, music, and singing birds Values ceremony and refinement (for example, proper ways of speaking, formal etiquette, and extravagant dinner parties) Favors elaborate, manufactured costuming with

can be cosmetically reinterpreted in the Feywild: Crown of Madness. The crown is made from gingerbread with icing filigree and candy gems. Find the Path. A pixie-like spirit appears and guides the

Nymphs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

. Yet, if tales of naiad-led galleys appearing amid the headwaters of mountain rivers are true, only the nymphs know for sure. Naiad Medium fey Armor Class 15 (natural armor) Hit Points 31 (7d8

, groups of oreads might race ahead of the destruction, dancing, singing, and doing what they can to maximize the impending devastation. Honor Among Fey. Hearkening back to some ages-old conflict, oreads

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

cave appears to hold nine boulders, but three are Galeb Duhr that are singing while rolled up. Their song is quiet but deep and resonant, causing vibrations in the floor. If the galeb duhr notice the

characters, they lift their heads and begin singing more loudly, shaking the ground and making bits of gravel fall from the ceiling as they try to entertain their unexpected audience. When the characters

Factions of Gracklstugh

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Factions of Gracklstugh The Deepkingdom is a feudal state with the Deepking as the absolute monarch, who passes the crown to descendants or relatives in his Steelshadow clan. Each clan is led by a

. Despite reports that the darkhafts and the Stone Guards have received about the growing crisis outside the city’s walls, hubris and the onset of madness prevents them from mounting any sort of response or

The Walking Statues

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

guard standing at ease. The pose it assumed led to its naming, and it is viewed with respect by the citizens of the southerly wards. The Hawk Man This statue looks like a winged, hawk-headed being

, and to occasionally attack folk in the darkness, strangling them or tripping them into fatal falls. Most often, though, it takes no notice of those who don’t bother or follow it, eerily singing

Gnome Gods

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

these embarrassments, he declared an oath to bring death to all gnomes. To keep his nemesis from doing him harm, Garl tricked Kurtulmak into chasing him into a maze of caves by singing mocking songs

led them into the Underdark and taught them how to survive, but all gnomes see him as the embodiment of the drive to know more, to examine everything more minutely — and thereby make great

N2. Blue Water Inn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

adventures or hear about how the characters plan to free Vallaki from the burgomaster’s madness. Rictavio. The lone guest of the Blue Water Inn at present is a colorfully dressed half-elf bard who goes

singing voice A pair of conjoined goblins A small man with no legs named Filmore Stunk, who could drink whole casks of wine without getting drunk N2o. Boys’ Bedroom A large, painted toy box rests

City Celebrations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Grand Revel Led by the clergy of Sune, Sharess, and Lliira, the Grand Revel is a day of dancing, music, and the consumption of sweet treats of all kinds, from chocolate to red firemint candies

doorsteps, and the like), it is an occasion of much drinking, singing, and dancing in Waterdeep. The wealthy host elaborate masked balls, while poorer folk don costumes of their own make and travel door

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