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Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
—mortals communicate with a single god, interpreting their intentions for the wider world. Others aren’t aligned with a god and observe the night sky, reading Nyx like a vast, cryptic scroll
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0. A humanoid slain in this way and then buried in the ground rises the following night as a
success. Otherwise, the effect lasts 24 hours or until Strahd is destroyed, is on a different plane of existence than the target, or takes a bonus action to end the effect.
Children of the Night (1
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
for two years, helping him track down and slay many creatures of the night. But because van Richten could never bring himself to fully trust a Vistana, he kept secrets from her. The two vampire
herself.
Tarokka Deck. Ezmerelda keeps a deck of tarokka cards in her wagon (chapter 11, area V1). Although the cards aren’t magical, Ezmerelda can use them to perform a card reading for the
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
powder if the book rests on it long enough.
A creature attuned to the book must spend 80 hours reading and studying it to digest its contents and reap its benefits. The creature can then freely modify
banished using magic such as the dispel evil and good spell. The banished spirit returns to the book.
Adjusted Ability Scores. After you spend the requisite amount of time reading and studying the book
Equipment
This scroll displays what the night sky looked like at the creation of the Mundane World. If you have proficiency with the Arcana or Nature skill, you can spend 1 minute holding and studying the map
the outcome, such as the loss or gain of equipment or a companion.
If the map is used two or more times in 24 hours, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each reading after the first that you get a random reading. The GM makes this roll in secret.
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
powder if the book rests on it long enough.
A creature attuned to the book must spend 80 hours reading and studying it to digest its contents and reap its benefits. The creature can then freely modify
reading and studying the book, one ability score of your choice increases by 2, to a maximum of 24. Another ability score of your choice decreases by 2, to a minimum of 3. The book can’t adjust your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
communicate with far-off individuals. Regional Effects Observatories are places of wonder that bridge the known world and the cosmos, so observatories and their environs are often affected by supernatural
area heavily obscured. At dusk, the fog clears, unveiling a cloudless night sky. Communal Dreaming. Creatures that fall asleep within 6 miles of the observatory share the same dreamscape. While dreaming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
is a great plaything, and one day he will be its master. All other creatures and things will be allowed to exist only if they give him pleasure. When he ascends to dominate the cosmos, all who are
. GRAZ'ZT'S MURKY PAST
Sages have put forth ideas for why demons consider the denizens of the Nine Hells as the greatest threat to their designs for the cosmos. Some researchers claim to have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Nourishing the Atropal On one of his journeys through the cosmos, Acererak stumbled upon an atropal (see appendix D). He brought it to Toril, ensconced it in the cradle of his tomb, and began feeding
the world. To nurture the atropal, Acererak needed an untold number of souls. The archlich made a bargain with the Sewn Sisters, a coven of night hags feared throughout the Lower Planes. Seduced by the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
card reading. His combat details are available in appendix D. When Strahd wants to terrorize the characters, he pays them a visit, either under the cloak of night or beneath overcast skies during the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
shards of glowing crystal embedded in the pitch, each one as bright as a candle flame. Thanks to the starry “night sky,” the vault is dimly lit. The plundered riches of Strahd’s secret hoard lie within
unlocked wooden coffer with four compartments, each one containing a potion of greater healing. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it is lying atop the coins on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
provides. In most other towns and cities, you’ll start with an early-morning stumble on the stairs as you carry your night soil down to deposit it outside. But in Waterdeep, many buildings are connected
keeps the streets lit (excepting the Field Ward and the most dangerous areas of the Dock Ward). Not only that, but hundreds of driftglobes bob about the City of the Dead at night, departing to float over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. Devoted to the Sovereign of Law and Lore, this grand temple is an architectural marvel as well as a sacred site. Many scholars and sages make the pilgrimage and spend one night in the Great Hall
, hoping that inspiration will strike them as they sleep; stories say that Merrix d’Cannith first conceived of the warforged after spending the night in the temple. The staff of the temple are devoted to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
destroys whatever it touches. Even stone cracks and turns to powder if the book rests on it long enough. A creature attuned to the book must spend 80 hours reading and studying it to digest its
the requisite amount of time reading and studying the book, one ability score of your choice increases by 2, to a maximum of 24. Another ability score of your choice decreases by 2, to a minimum of 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Z7. Shrine of Mother Night Rough-hewn stairs lead down to a torchlit cave and a bizarre sight: wide-eyed children stand behind wooden bars and stare at you in terrified silence. The cave holds six
the rough likeness of a wolf-headed woman draped in garlands of vines and night flowers. Piled around the statue’s base is an incredible amount of treasure. A woman in shredded clothes kneels before the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
past was lost, but its people endured. Such mercy did not last long. Fall of Omu Omu’s bloody trials drew the attention of Acererak, an archlich who wanders the cosmos in search of souls to harvest
patiently waited for their god, Dendar the Night Serpent, to come forth and swallow the world. Earthquakes shook Omu and cracked it open like a fig, causing the river to burst its banks. Chance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
in an intricate dance. The far wall is almost completely covered by a map of the night sky, with a golden sunburst in the center above a closed door.
The cabinets are crowded with skulls, bones
into a dark, open space offering a view of the starry firmament of the night sky. Five telescopes mounted on bronze plates point toward the constellations above. In the middle of the space, a one-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Zhentarim The Doom Raiders try to contact evil-aligned or morally ambiguous characters. A flying snake with a parchment tied about its body visits one character in the dead of night. The message
in the Dock Ward — three dead so far, each one decapitated by a blade in the dead of night. Look into it, will you? Methinks the City Watch could use a little help.” Characters who spend three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
single god, interpreting their intentions for the wider world. Others aren’t aligned with a god and observe the night sky, reading Nyx like a vast, cryptic scroll for insights. Divine Influence. Just
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Other Immortal Beings The Korranberg
CHRONICLE
Eldeen FRACAS Fulfills Prophecy
“In the darkest night of the Dragon Below, storm and dragon are reunited, and they break together upon the legions
Reaches, where an upstart warlord led a barbarian army from the Demon Wastes on a mission of plunder.
For all your news needs, be they ageless riddles or breaking modern developments, keep reading the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
lose the faith of their followers, the source of their magic and a power they will not relinquish. Nyx can be perceived in the night sky, with its ever-changing brilliance marked by constellations and
near the summit of the mount, where he sends lightning bolts of inspiration to manipulate forces throughout dreams and the cosmos. Nylea, too, is known to visit Mount Hiastos, maintaining a sanctuary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. Night of the Eye Every year and a half, the moons of Krynn align in an event known as the Night of the Eye. This prelude unfolds during one of these fateful nights, shortly before the characters head to
during the Night of the Eye. Trial of the Barb The prelude begins with the characters nearing the Barb: Tonight is an important night. Ahead rises the Barb: a jagged, half-ruined spire of gray stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
petrifying gaze), she tended to Asteria’s wounds. When Asteria awoke, the young woman didn’t panic. Instead, the pair chatted throughout the night, talking of the stars, the sea, and everything else
namesake, searching for an answer. An answer came, but it was not the one Asteria hoped for. Istus, a god of fate, heard the princess and visited her in the keep that night. Every door opened for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
-two magical cards drawn from constellations in the night sky, and she used thirteen of these cards to change the destinies of Asteria and Euryale. These cards formed the first Deck of Many Things, an
in myriad lesser forms throughout the multiverse. Some of these wondrous items had fewer cards—typically only the thirteen cards used in Istus’s reading for Asteria. Occasionally a deck manifested as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
hopes to make the best out of their tenday-long visit by reading rare books and meeting likeminded people. Yalerion can be found in the House of the Binder, socializing with other followers of Oghma. They
. She is helping the Avowed with various chores to make amends. Valor is reshingling the roof of the Hearth during the day, or pacing in the Court of Air at night. Agitated and restless, she’s wary of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
World Axis In this view of the cosmos, the Material Plane and its echoes stand between two opposing realms. The Astral Plane (or Astral Sea) floats above them, holding any number of divine domains (the
, like a hole torn in the fabric of the cosmos. Other Visions As you build your own cosmology, consider the following alternatives. The Omniverse. This simple cosmology covers the bare minimum: a Material
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
village of Barovia cowers in the shadow of Castle Ravenloft, Strahd’s home and fortress. The castle stands atop a great spire of rock, invincible and ever watchful. Every night, thousands of bats fly
Eva’s card reading, they must scour his domain and his castle for magic items that might weaken or slay him, all the while trying to stay alive. Although the adventurers can escape by slaying Strahd, he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
man’s voice cry out, “Father! I’m starving!” Donavich Donavich (LG male human acolyte) has been praying throughout the night. His voice is hoarse and weak. He is, in a word, insane. A little more than a
his son in the church’s undercroft, where he remains to this day. Doru hasn’t fed since he was imprisoned, and he cries out to his father at all hours. Meanwhile, Donavich prays day and night, hoping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Smallstone sang it in the hall outside the characters’ room after she heard it from Crinkle. K’Tulah and Ebder share the table with the characters. Ebder is reading from the same book he had last night. The
Event 1: Quarantined After your first night in the Firefly Cellar, you gather around a table in the center of the collection’s main floor. It’s quiet, until you notice that your companions are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
token of apology, the manticore gifts the party a voucher for one free spa treatment at the Flame Pits (see the “Market Ward Locations” section). 3 Wheeze Whistletooth, a night hag with a persistent
scandalous merchandise typically finds its way to the Gatehouse Night Market (see the “Hive Ward” section), the bazaar has anything a traveler could want, so long as they can find it in the open
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
sign hanging above the main entrance depicts a blue waterfall. The Blue Water Inn is Vallaki’s main gathering place for locals, especially at night. The innkeeper, Urwin Martikov, considers the inn a
sanctuary from the evils of this land. In the event of trouble, the windows and doors can all be barred shut from within. A bed for the night costs 1 ep. Characters looking for something to eat are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
spell components in the wicker cabinet. The tub is where she ritually bathes in blood to prevent aging (see “Gifts of Mother Night” in the “Baba Lysaga” section in appendix D). If the characters approach
containing ten +1 sling bullets A set of pipes of haunting A stone of good luck (luckstone) Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it’s in the chest with the other items.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
day or night. B9. Yurrum’s Office This office belongs to Hazz Yurrum, the ineffective sergeant of the soldiers. Yurrum is a cowardly human guard. His desk contains maps of the region and reports to his
library contains dozens of tomes covering a variety of esoteric subjects: magic, alchemy, religion, and the cosmos. B13. Planar Beacon This room is dominated by the planar beacon: a 5-foot-high, egg-shaped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
character can notice a slight gap beneath the secret door with a successful DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check. C4. Reading Room This reading nook has the following features: Light pours into this room
the northern wall has a butterfly-shaped, stained-glass peephole. If Victoro Cassalanter (see appendix B) is here, he’s reading a historical text titled The Rise and Fall of Hellgate Keep and taking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
) sprouts from a nearby corpse. 2 Putrice, a night hag, cackles as she fishes a wriggling larva (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) from a vent underneath a fiend-owned restaurant. 3 Two cranium rat squeakers
characters. 6 A warm sponge cake cools on a dusty stone ledge. Its sweet, strawberry aroma wafts through the otherwise dingy passage. A note reading “DO NOT EAT” rests below its porcelain serving dish