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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
target can take only the Attack (inquisitor chooses the target) or Dash action.“Evil lurks everywhere. With our minds, we will unearth it, we will plumb its depths, and we will annihilate it
them to be a source of terror in many communities, where folk fear that an overzealous inquisitor might be as great a monster as the fiends the inquisitors originally hunted.
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, greater invisibility“Evil lurks everywhere. With our minds, we will unearth it, we will plumb its depths, and we will annihilate it.” With those words, the psychically gifted priest Ulmed
to thwart the work of malevolent cults, otherworldly horrors, and the malice of mortals. The zeal of the inquisitors in this work has caused them to be a source of terror in many communities, where
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
against the attack. If this causes the attack to miss, the attacker is hit by the attack instead.“Evil lurks everywhere. With our minds, we will unearth it, we will plumb its depths, and we will
work has caused them to be a source of terror in many communities, where folk fear that an overzealous inquisitor might be as great a monster as the fiends the inquisitors originally hunted.
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;s prison. Zargon emerged, devouring many of the city’s inhabitants and drowning many more in its slime. The city soon fell. Those who survived Zargon’s rampage turned to it in worship
is a slimy cavern beneath the lost city of Cynidicea. The elder evil lurks in the depths, feasting on sacrifices cast down by its worshipers.
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
, learn to conjure forth both light and darkness. Your kin tend to have stark white hair and grayish skin of many hues.
The cult of the god Lolth, Queen of Spiders, has corrupted some of the oldest
drow cities, especially in the worlds of Oerth and Toril. Eberron, Krynn, and other realms have escaped the cult’s influence—for now. Wherever the cult lurks, drow heroes stand on the front lines in the war against it, seeking to sunder Lolth’s web.
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. That Manshoon is dead, and the current Manshoon is one of the original’s many clones. Being a magical copy rather than an original doesn’t make Manshoon any less of a threat, as he’s
;ve outlived their usefulness. Manshoon doesn’t care who suffers so long he’s able to crush his many enemies and force his subjects into paranoid and eager obedience.
History
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
to the City of the Dead. But many less-traveled passages lie throughout the Labyrinth, forming a sprawling wilderness of crumbling, monster-haunted ruins and trap-laden passages. Within the deepest
of these secret places lie crypts dedicated to gods that predate Pharaoh Ankhtepot’s reign. A traitorous Child of Ankhtepot called Senmet also lurks within these passages, seeking ways to depose Ankhtepot and become the new pharaoh.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
seen on the surface above. You are at home in shadows and, thanks to your innate magic, learn to conjure forth both light and darkness. Your kin tend to have stark white hair and grayish skin of many
influence—for now. Wherever the cult lurks, drow heroes stand on the front lines in the war against it, seeking to sunder Lolth’s web.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
gates of metal and magic. These portals remain sealed today, and it’s illegal to tamper with them. But it’s generally assumed that many treasures are hidden in the ruins of Old Sharn, along with untold
secrets of the past. No one knows exactly what lurks in Old Sharn. The ruins could contain ghosts or other undead, the vengeful spirits of the aberrant-marked people who took refuge in the fallen city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
War in the Streets Beneath the city streets lurks a criminal underworld, its leader a beholder called Xanathar. Hoping to gain a political foothold in Waterdeep, agents of the Zhentarim (also known
Dalakhar. After Lord Neverember used magic to discern the gemstone’s location, he sent forth a succession of spies to infiltrate Xanathar’s lair and obtain it. Dalakhar succeeded where many others before him had failed, but his success turns out to be short-lived.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, exposing corruption, the clandestine activities of a dark cult — and the alien presence whose evil lurks beneath it all. The Styes is an adventure designed for four to six 11th-level characters. ABOUT THE
treated to perhaps the most memorable depiction of both a cunning aboleth plot and a sinister cult of Tharizdun. Many adventures are set aboard a ship at sea. Can you name another that challenges you to infiltrate a moldering ship held aloft by a crane, above the streets of a slowly dying city?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
your innate magic, learn to conjure forth both light and darkness. Your kin tend to have stark white hair and grayish skin of many hues. The cult of the god Lolth, Queen of Spiders, has corrupted some
of the oldest drow cities, especially in the worlds of Oerth and Toril. Eberron, Krynn, and other realms have escaped the cult’s influence—for now. Wherever the cult lurks, drow heroes stand on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Chapter 2: The Sword Coast and the North This chapter details many of the locales of the Sword Coast and the North, as seen through the eyes and recollections of a person living in Faerûn. Rather
to not even warrant mention in this tome. What lurks in the uncharted areas, waiting to tantalize or perhaps terrorize, is all the more formidable because it can’t be anticipated.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
lived in these caverns many years ago until adventurers got the better of her. The crumbled statue is all that remains of one of her victims. 11b. Cocoon Forest Drider Spellcaster. A drider lurks in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Jijibisha’s Vengeance Jijibisha Manivarshi, a vicious soul from the land’s past, lurks in the nearby forest. Long ago she made a deal with wicked otherworldly forces that gave her longevity and
with Amanisha, the effects of Jijibisha’s wall of fire spell spring up, separating as many characters from their boat as possible. Read the following description: A woman with tattered, ancient robes and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
(a chaos kraken uses the kraken stat block but is immune to the Ruinous Sea’s damage). A chaos kraken named Vashishax lurks in the Ruinous Sea near the beach. Vashishax considers this war among
more than a minute within it. Vashishax isn’t willing to die here; if reduced to fewer than 100 hit points, the kraken flees to its lair many miles deeper in the Ruinous Sea.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. The pit’s floor is difficult terrain due to the many corpses and body parts strewn around. A single derro stands on the ledge overlooking the pit, which contains seven shambling zombies — three
living creatures it sees. A crawling claw wearing an obsidian ring on one stubby finger (see “Treasure”) lurks amid the offal mounds. These mounds are difficult terrain to Small and Medium creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Shadow Dragons Dragon Corrupted by Darkness Habitat: Planar (Shadowfell), Underdark; Treasure: Any Justin Gerard A shadow dragon lurks among haunted ruins, attended by shadows raised by its life
for shadow dragons. Like many other dragons, shadow dragons collect hoards. Their tastes tend to be morbid—collecting coins from ruined empires and their victims’ skulls. Juvenile Shadow Dragon Medium
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
unconscious, Astarion is subdued and brought back to Cazador’s palace. A particularly reckless breed of sailors frequents Rat’s Run.To them, death lurks around every corner, whether it’s on the stormy sea
or here among an ocean of criminals. Some might say these sailors have a death wish—one I’m more than happy to fulfill.
—ASTARION, GRIM NAVIGATOR
ANDREA PIPARO Astarion’s many enemies know he frequents Rat’s Run and might try to ambush him there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Lurks, because uttering its real name risks attracting its attention. Its actual form, if it even has one, is unknown; it’s most often represented as an ooze-like creature with many tentacles or a purple
many silver rings Malyk CE Chaos, rebellion, wild magic Tempest, Trickery A flame in a tear or a multihued vortex Lolth CE Primary god of drow, spiders Trickery, War Spider Selvetarm CE Warriors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Shevarash, a god thought of as embittered and obsessive, to whom elves turn when they seek vengeance. Faerûnian Gods Many elves worship deities in the Faerûnian pantheon, including Mielikki (and the
drow males who rebel against the matriarchy. Kiaransalee, drow goddess of the undead, is served by secretive cults of necromancers. Ghaunadaur, known as That Which Lurks, is a subversive power, the mad
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Many of the cults devoted to these lesser gods are unique to a particular city, and followers of the three main yuan-ti deities usually consider these religious practices quaint rather than
speaks of an iron door to the underworld behind which she lurks; when the time is right, she will tear it down, then eat the sun, plunging the world into darkness before she finally devours it. Yuan-ti
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Order of the Gauntlet The Order of the Gauntlet is a relatively new organization dedicated to smiting evil wherever it lurks and without hesitation. The Order understands that evil wears many guises
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
inscriptions notice that the headstones near the cairns bear the same death date, which is also the date of the mine collapse. The cairns were intended to be temporary, but with so many stones needing to
closer inspection, the party finds the remains of a horse in the tall grass, still tethered to the front of the cart. Under the tarp are boxes, barrels, and trunks. Many of these containers are broken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
continue her duties for as long as she was contracted. Lonely Family. The Dolindars were all lonely, and there weren’t many of them. They didn’t like Evernight but couldn’t leave it for some reason
creature with too many arms and spikes in place of hands taps at the room’s walls.
The Dolindar siblings buried here were warped into two lost sorrowsworn (see appendix A). A visible sorrowsworn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Tomb Inhabitants A grim pageant of monstrous residents lurks in the tomb, waiting to greet visitors. Withers and the Tomb Dwarves Withers, Acererak’s undead custodian, oversees the undead maintenance
the surface world. Withers and his crew use the staircase at area 26 to roam unseen through the tomb’s many levels. When their work is done, they retreat to their secret headquarters on level 2 of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
her husband, Larlow, were apothecaries. They also grew flowers, as evidenced by the small flower gardens and many flowerpots around their home. When a rock fell on the front room of their house
collapsed. Rillix, their pet tressym (see appendix C), lurks amid the wreckage. If the characters take the time to explore the cottage, Rillix flies out of the shadows, possibly startling one or more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Patrons in the Realms The gods are far from the only forces at work in the Realms, and ambitious warlocks have many potential patrons able to offer them arcane power. The Archfey In the vast
his betrothed whenever she is reincarnated in mortal form. The Fiend Numerous fiends forge pacts with mortal warlocks in the Realms — so many that warlocks are almost synonymous with infernal power in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Ulmist Inquisitors “Evil lurks everywhere. With our minds, we will unearth it, we will plumb its depths, and we will annihilate it.” With those words, the psychically gifted priest Ulmed founded the
mortals. The zeal of the inquisitors in this work has caused them to be a source of terror in many communities, where folk fear that an overzealous inquisitor might be as great a monster as the fiends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
to a flight of natural steps up to area B2. A spore servant octopus lurks in the water and attacks any creatures (other than myconids) who enter the tunnel, regardless of the state of the tides
fungus farm looking for more violet fungi, cast as much doubt as you can: many of the fungi look sickly and purple but pose no danger. Myconids. The myconid sprouts avoid the characters and the violet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
haunts occur throughout the house at this time. Waking the House The house reveals its full haunting at a dramatic moment. The adventure notes events that wake the house, many surrounding the events of the
room didn’t exist when they were alive, the spirit interacts with a space others can’t see (such as a stable, stairwell, or training hall).
14–15 The spirit lurks in an unexpected place, such as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Temple Crypts The Bastion of Takhisis had countless enemies, many of whom were interred in the temple crypts (depicted on map 7.2). Lord Soth pays this level of the citadel little mind, as his
confounding Lord Soth’s plans and imparts the following information: Lord Soth lurks in the ruins above. He’s using the Cataclysmic fire from Kalaman’s catacombs to control the flying citadel and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
rows of dragon-carved marble columns march the length of the hall, most completely covered in luminescent fungus. The cobbled floor is cracked and stained, and on it sit many small wooden tables. The
contents on the tables include mortars and pestles, small tools, bowls filled with crushed leaves, chopped fungus stalks, and other plant specimens. The many doors leading off this hall are all partly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
completed her transformation into a lichen lich, she had no more need of it. At the back of the cave lurks a strange bundle of white poison ivy with a single bulbous eye in the center (use the death tyrant
, and rat droppings are evident on every surface.
The pots and pans are rusted, and many have broken handles. A bent utensil breaks if someone tries to repair it, and the bits of spices and other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
5 feet away from. Many of these creatures begin encounters having already tried to hide; make checks as appropriate to determine each creature’s success at evading detection.
4. Webbed Doorway This
area. 5. Spider Nest The north–south section of this hallway is filled with sheets of webbing (see the sidebar). An ettercap lurks in here, latching onto the ceiling over the door to area 6. Two