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Returning 26 results for 'madness some with only above for for led'.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
pod with slime in it that helped connect the mind flayers to the elder brain. The connection hasn’t done anything in decades except impart the infected elder brain’s obsession and madness into those
Veddin. Both are neutral evil Far Realm scholars who were driven from Neverwinter when their nascent Far Realm cult was exposed. Whispers from Ilvaash led the pair here. Duoro wholly embraced Ilvaash’s
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
were meeting with old friends at Newson’s Tavern last night. They spent most of the night telling stories about a madness taking hold of their ranks.”
4 “An airship docked in the middle of the
soldiers (see chapter 6 for the stat block). At night or in the Smelting Quarter, a response to an attack might instead consist of 1d4 Boros soldiers led by a sergeant (use the knight stat block in the
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
intersections are clouded by fog, doors are hidden and magically locked, and magical compulsions drive visitors away. A glyph of warding might cast fear, phantasmal force, or crown of madness on a character
true villains among the Izzet, though, aren’t just accident-prone but also committed to widespread destruction. Out of madness or despair, they might plot the destruction of precincts or districts






