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Elder Brain

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

reign as tyrants, while others serve as sages, counselors, and repositories of information and lore for the mind flayers that protect and nourish them.The lair of an elder brain lies deep in the

within 5 miles of an elder brain feel as if they are being followed, even when they’re not. Psychic Whispers. Any creature with which the elder brain has formed a psychic link hears faint

Characters from Djaynai

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Characters from Djaynai If players create characters from Djaynai or with ties to Janya, consider asking them the following questions during character creation: How do you feel about the Will of the

Insurgent Tides? Do you support the quest to recover the lore of the Blackmist Way and the Blackthrone Arts, or are they relics of an unrecoverable past? Do you or anyone in your family have a

Nagas

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

history. When this race died out, the nagas deemed themselves the rightful inheritors of their masters’ treasures and magical lore. Industrious and driven, nagas occasionally venture out from their

lairs to track down magic items or rare spellbooks. Nagas never feel the ravages of time or succumb to sickness. Even if it is struck down, a naga’s immortal spirit reforms in a new body in a matter of

Spirit Board

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Spirit Board Spirit boards are tools to contact and divine the will of spirits or other mysterious forces. Upon placing their fingertips on a planchette set atop the board, assembled users feel

(see chapter 3), and feature half-understood images from their occult studies and Barovian lore. These markings include symbols from the tarokka deck, which carry the same meanings as they do upon

Dangwaru (The Typhoon Palace)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement

built, but the tortles of the island know the following bits of lore about Dangwaru and its original inhabitants: Almost a century ago, a storm caused a ship to crash near High Horn. After pulling

human survivors from the wreckage and the water, the tortles tried to make the humans feel at home. The ship’s captain was a charismatic woman whom the tortles admired. She worshiped a sea goddess and

3. Parlor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

here, getting a feel for the place and poring through notes. When the party first arrives, they note that the spirit board here would be the perfect tool to contact the house’s spirits, but they don’t

the crossroads standing in the background of a portrait. Reference Material. The investigators possess a variety of books detailing haunts and occult lore. Any character who spends an hour consulting

Heroes of the Giants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

of the Land might feel a connection to the giants who inhabit that land. A monk who follows the Way of the Four Elements might seek to emulate Annam, the All-Father, to shape and channel the forces of

with the Giant type, or you could write enmity toward giants into the tenets of your paladin’s Sacred Oath. Giant Lore You might have learned magic, martial techniques, or other secrets from studying

Creating a White Dragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

over past encounters with foes and sometimes mistake newcomers for my ancient enemies. 3 I can recall many tidbits of lore picked up over the centuries but have no sense of their import. 4

, even if I can’t win outright. 8 I feel protective of smaller, weaker creatures that are tormented by larger monsters. White Dragon Ideals d6 Ideal 1 Rapacity. When a creature has

Oozing Royalty

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

juices. The varnish also protects against water damage. A svirfneblin archmage named Lesla Carrowil authored both spellbooks. The wizard spells contained in each book are listed below; feel free to swap

killer, polymorph, stoneskin The second spellbook, titled Magick from Beyond the Mirror, contains the following spells: 5th level: Bigby’s hand, cloudkill, hold monster, legend lore, passwall, Rary’s

Loremonger

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

records all lore relevant to its operation, including tracking the economic, technical, and arcane methods by which the franchise can be improved. A loremonger records the deeds and history of the franchise

important lore gained during the characters’ travels, and reporting on competitors’ goals and methods. Noteworthy Loremongers: Mabannok Kovri Essential Functions: Record names, dates, and vital

Curses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

adventure is up to you—the spell might merely suppress the effects of the curse for a time. Regardless, narrative curses should feel like rare, potent magic rooted in the lore of your campaign

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

many forces that insist on upsetting it. Some among the Circle of Eight counsel that sharing the lore collected in this volume is the first step to setting the Balance forever off its center. Others

is for a “good” cause, as if any purpose can outshine my own in terms of its importance and moral high ground. Yet, I could not help but feel an ever so slight stirring of charity when this cause’s

Curses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

feel like rare, potent magic rooted in the lore of your campaign. Environmental Curses Some locations are so suffused with evil that anyone who lingers there is burdened with a curse. Demonic

The Big Picture

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

techniques to share lore with your players: Echoes of the Past. Features like a crater in the side of a mountain, a defaced statue in the town square, or a holiday celebrating a local hero provide concrete

roll warrants it. Magical Footnotes. Spells such as Contact Other Plane, Legend Lore, and Speak with Dead allow characters to learn information while leaving you control of the particulars. Primary

Elements of a Great Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

loot. A Clear Focus on the Present An adventure is about the here and now. A little bit of history might be needed to set the story in motion, and the adventurers might discover interesting lore of

matter. Though it might resemble a novel or a TV episode, an adventure needs to allow for more than one outcome. Otherwise, players can feel as if they’ve been railroaded — set onto a course that has only

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

feels unnaturally tight. Unless you go naked, roll a d4 each time you are attacked and subtract the number rolled from your AC. 04 You can cast the legend lore spell three times. Whenever you

throws off your timing, imposing disadvantage on initiative rolls and Dexterity checks. 87 Your mind is filled with lost facts and lore, granting advantage on Intelligence checks. You forget your

Running the Test

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

returns, threatening both the scholars and a larger group of innocents. There’s likely only time to save one group. If the character tries to save themself or the lore-protecting librarians, they’re

okay for the character’s surroundings to shift dramatically or for unexpected individuals to show up. Don’t let these changes make the character feel like their choices don’t matter. Rather, change

Interacting with Townsfolk

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

different options these individuals present, then spend up to a whole game session in Arborean Springs playing out these interactions. The Gardens’ History. The Burning Circle preserves what little lore

(Small Tough Bosses), command the respect of most who follow the traditional ways of Arborean Springs. As two of the oldest human residents of the region, the women preserve and pass on ancient lore

Masters' Domain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

. Characters who enter this area feel tranquility despite the gargoyles. If a player expresses doubt about the impression, that player’s character can make a DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check. On a successful

consciousness. He has only 1 hit point unless healing magic was used. Vorja is in no condition to fight, and his loyalty to Thay is tenuous. If assisted, Vorja can reveal one piece of lore along with

Class Training

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

new techniques of performance and magic. 4 I felt a calling to recount the deeds of champions and heroes, to bring them alive in song and story. 5 I joined one of the great colleges to learn old lore

was overwhelmed with grief after losing someone close to me, and I sought the advice of philosophers to help me cope with my loss. 5 I could feel that a special sort of power lay within me, so I sought

Where to Start?

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

might feel it’s in their best interest to ally with one or both of them. By swearing allegiance to either queen, an archfey gains the privilege of audiences with the queen and faint assurances that the

stories told by creatures from faraway places. They love to gather lore so they can build their own internal world of imagination or transform their domain with ideas from other worlds. Their lair is

Morkoth

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

, such as descendants of original prisoners, might view the morkoth as a ruler or a god. A morkoth’s storehouse of wealth and lore attracts would-be plunderers, of course, as well as those seeking

its island or in its sanctum. As an action, the morkoth can locate any one creature or object on the island. Visitors to the island feel as though they are being watched, even when they aren’t. Each

Elder Brain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

information and lore for the mind flayers that protect and nourish them. An Elder Brain’s Lair The lair of an elder brain lies deep in the heart of a mind flayer colony. The brain dwells in a dimly

miles of an elder brain is altered by the creature’s psionic presence, which creates one or more of the following effects: Paranoia. Creatures within 5 miles of an elder brain feel as if they are being

Dimensional Caverns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

of its components, they feel the presence of whichever components Splugoth now possesses at some great distance straight ahead. To provide context for the background noise, tell the players that the

character to recall obscure lore about deep crows and their reproductive practices. A deep crow mates only once in its lifetime, and Raah has so far been spectacularly unsuccessful in its attempts to

Temples of Extraction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

, Mennek can reveal two pieces of lore. Suffering Aura. Whenever a creature in this room deals damage to one or more creatures, it must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. If the saving throw fails, the

fight goes badly for him, he surrenders. He offers his skeleton key and one piece of lore if he’s allowed to flee to the gatehouse. Curse of Fortune. High and low d20 results matter more in this area

The Seldarine

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

how one might become able to sense Corellon’s presence, the priests often say, “First, truly know yourself. Only then can you feel our creator near.” Services in Corellon’s honor are typically conducted

the Knowledgeable One. His awareness of all lore, not only that about the sea, is seemingly limitless. He is especially beloved by sea elves, dolphins, and elf sages. Most of Sashelas’s most devoted

X33. Amber Vaults

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

eye. The creatures huddled in this room are four nothics—former wizards reduced to this evil state by their mad quest for forbidden lore. The nothics use their Weird Insight feature to pry secrets

make them feel weak and inferior.” South Sarcophagus. The vestige within this sarcophagus offers the dark gift of Yog the Invincible. Yog’s gift is one of physical resilience. This dark gift increases

Daelkyr

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

of the passage sometimes feel as if they’re being watched. Beasts that live within 5 miles of the passage undergo magical transmutation, growing eyes or eyestalks that Belashyrra can see through. A

known to its followers as the Corruptor, the Stealer of Thoughts, the Slithering Lord, and the Foul Labyrinth. In the lore of the Gatekeepers, it is said that Dyrrn plants thoughts in the weak minded—the

Meenlock

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

. Psychic Infiltrators. When an elder brain infiltrates a mind, it alters the creature’s perception and deceives its senses, causing it to see, hear, touch, taste, or feel reality according to the elder

domineering tyrants, while others serve more benignly as sages, counselors, and repositories of information and lore for the mind flayers that protect and nourish them. The ambitions of an elder

Sorcerer Subclasses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

. You can now touch other minds with that power and alter the world around you. Will this power shine from you as a hopeful beacon to others? Or will you be a terror to those who feel the stab of your

Orb, Command, Dragon’s Breath 5 Fear, Fly 7 Arcane Eye, Charm Monster 9 Legend Lore, Summon Dragon Level 6: Elemental Affinity Your draconic magic has an affinity with a damage

Silent Sound Lighthouse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

order came into possession of a piece of the Orrery of the Wanderer called the rotor of return, and just over a month ago that their search for lore on the rotor came to the attention of the Six. The

slaughtered everyone. Since then, Rainbow has remained in this area. The spider can feel that its master is not dead, but is also not truly alive. Rainbow believes Wizzy persists in some sort of half-life at

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

weapon. As soon as any character enters this area, they feel a sudden pulse of psychic energy radiating from the dais, which can’t be sensed from the corridors beyond. The effect of this numbing energy

Mayastan’s body reveals a sheaf of papers in an inside pocket. These are pages copied from a tome of lore regarding mummy lords, and they note the fact that a mummy lord’s heart must be destroyed to keep

Delphi Mansion Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

feel cold air coming from the wall, suggesting the presence of a secret door. The wine cask must be moved aside to access the secret door. Secret Door. An arcane lock spell has been cast on the secret

filled with arcane lore about the stars and the planes of existence. Nestled among its benign descriptions are eldritch incantations written in Celestial, and tucked between the book’s pages are two spell scrolls (armor of Agathys and arms of Hadar).

Neverdeath Catacomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

hit points or if the characters insist that they aren’t with the cult. Shanzezim’s Lore. If the characters talk to the marid and reassure Shanzezim they’re not part of the cult, Shanzezim offers the

ritual opens a latent planar rift that shunts Eldon and the characters into the Shadowfell: A riot of silvery-purple energy fills the room. You feel a sense of space tearing open—then you’re falling, and everything goes dark.

Creating Adventures

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Word is out that someone claims to have a list of Dimir agents embedded in other guilds, igniting a furious contest to obtain the list. 5 While prying too deeply into ancient lore, a Dimir agent

altruistic motives. Each location includes a grand space used not for purposes of worship, but to ensure that petitioners feel small and abased before the Orzhov oligarchs. Its lower level contains

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