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stamp out all opposition while richly rewarding those who swear fealty.
Warrior Cult. Cultists of Bane are warriors who wear heavy armor and wield maces, swords, spears, and crossbows. They paint the
right gauntlet of their armor black in honor of their patron. Bane’s clerics wield black maces with heads shaped to look like a closed fist.
Cult Ranks. Bane’s cultists operate according
Monsters
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followers gain power, they institute draconian measures to ensure that their rule is unquestioned. They stamp out all opposition while richly rewarding those who swear fealty.
Warrior Cult. Cultists of
maces with heads shaped to look like a closed fist.
Cult Ranks. Bane’s cultists operate according to strict military hierarchies. The lowest rank consists of the fist of Bane;fists of Bane, foot
Magic Items
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
The blasphemous weapon Heretic was created by a cult to steal power from good-aligned gods. The blade hungers to strike down servants of the Upper Planes and weaken the forces of good.
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language you know.
Personality. Heretic craves the destruction of good-aligned gods and their supporters. The blade is condescending and snobby, especially in the company of priests and other pious
Backgrounds
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religious service. The Gods of the Multiverse section contains a sample pantheon, from the Forgotten Realms setting. Were you a lesser functionary in a temple, raised from childhood to assist the priests in
the sacred rites? Or were you a high priest who suddenly experienced a call to serve your god in a different way? Perhaps you were the leader of a small cult outside of any established temple structure
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, from the Forgotten Realms setting. Were you a lesser functionary in a temple, raised from childhood to assist the priests in the sacred rites? Or were you a high priest who suddenly experienced a call
to serve your god in a different way? Perhaps you were the leader of a small cult outside of any established temple structure, or even an occult group that served a fiendish master that you now deny
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
The Athasian Cult Elemental cults are widespread in Athas. In a world without gods, people instead worship the powers they see in the world around them: air, earth, fire, and water. Elemental priests
and powerful elemental priests promising their followers a “better” way. The elemental weapons are heirlooms or lost treasures created long ago during an earlier incarnation of the cult. When the Elder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
The Athasian Cult Elemental cults are widespread in Athas. In a world without gods, people instead worship the powers they see in the world around them: air, earth, fire, and water. Elemental priests
and powerful elemental priests promising their followers a “better” way. The elemental weapons are heirlooms or lost treasures created long ago during an earlier incarnation of the cult. When the Elder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Neverdeath Graveyard Lord Neverember and the priests provide an overview of Neverdeath Graveyard, which contains two sprawling, connected cemeteries: the Main Graveyard and the Pauper’s Graveyard. A
numerous simple headstones, but a few civic-minded citizens funded communal catacombs when the graveyard was first built. Katerina Ladon The cult of Vecna has kidnapped four nobles in Neverwinter: Eldon Keyward,
Indrina Lamsensettle, Sarcelle Malinosh, and Umberto Noblin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
of 400 cultists, cult priests, and anchorites of Talos. Her elite warriors are blackguards or half-blue dragon gladiators (see appendix A). Cult of Myrkul. The god Myrkul has performed a miracle to
negotiated reinforcements in the “Icingdeath and Twinkle” quest, an additional 300 guards, knights, and scouts are also present. Cult of Talos. The war priest Fheralai Stormsworn besieges Leilon with an army
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Neverdeath Graveyard Lord Neverember and the priests provide an overview of Neverdeath Graveyard, which contains two sprawling, connected cemeteries: the Main Graveyard and the Pauper’s Graveyard. A
numerous simple headstones, but a few civic-minded citizens funded communal catacombs when the graveyard was first built. Katerina Ladon The cult of Vecna has kidnapped four nobles in Neverwinter: Eldon Keyward,
Indrina Lamsensettle, Sarcelle Malinosh, and Umberto Noblin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
of 400 cultists, cult priests, and anchorites of Talos. Her elite warriors are blackguards or half-blue dragon gladiators (see appendix A). Cult of Myrkul. The god Myrkul has performed a miracle to
negotiated reinforcements in the “Icingdeath and Twinkle” quest, an additional 300 guards, knights, and scouts are also present. Cult of Talos. The war priest Fheralai Stormsworn besieges Leilon with an army
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Maglubiyet and his priests. Zariel’s cultists can gain the Ferocious Surge trait. Cult leaders can also gain the Infernal Tactics trait. Ferocious Surge (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). When this
Cult of Zariel Goals: Conquest, glory in battle, fame and fortune derived from military victory Typical Cultist: Berserker, cult fanatic, cultist, gladiator, guard, knight, veteran Signature Spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Maglubiyet and his priests. Zariel’s cultists can gain the Ferocious Surge trait. Cult leaders can also gain the Infernal Tactics trait. Ferocious Surge (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). When this
Cult of Zariel Goals: Conquest, glory in battle, fame and fortune derived from military victory Typical Cultist: Berserker, cult fanatic, cultist, gladiator, guard, knight, veteran Signature Spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
worshiped openly elsewhere in Khorvaire; the gods’ shrines are hidden, and it’s more common to find a cult devoted to a single member of the Six than a temple dedicated to the entire pantheon.
The Six
phenomenon: long-standing cults that worship members of the Dark Six alongside the Sovereign Host.
Most of you know of the Restful Watch, the priests who tend Vassal cemeteries. What you may not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
worshiped openly elsewhere in Khorvaire; the gods’ shrines are hidden, and it’s more common to find a cult devoted to a single member of the Six than a temple dedicated to the entire pantheon.
The Six
phenomenon: long-standing cults that worship members of the Dark Six alongside the Sovereign Host.
Most of you know of the Restful Watch, the priests who tend Vassal cemeteries. What you may not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Elisabeth Durst. It’s an open secret that the Dursts use the building to host cultists who venerate the Darklord of Barovia, Strahd von Zarovich. This minor cult occasionally causes trouble, but until
believes the cultists don’t know much about the rod piece, but she suspects the cultists plan to use it to somehow attract Strahd’s attention. Priests of Osybus The Death House cultists’ discovery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Elisabeth Durst. It’s an open secret that the Dursts use the building to host cultists who venerate the Darklord of Barovia, Strahd von Zarovich. This minor cult occasionally causes trouble, but until
believes the cultists don’t know much about the rod piece, but she suspects the cultists plan to use it to somehow attract Strahd’s attention. Priests of Osybus The Death House cultists’ discovery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
dark robes. Sarusanda kneels in one corner, wrapping a linen bandage around her leg. She startles at your intrusion, then relaxes.
The robed bodies belong to two priests of Osybus (see appendix A
Death House. Séance Robson Michel Sarusanda interrogates a deceased cult member to learn more about the activities in Death House Pungent sticks of incense burn around this room’s perimeter. Sarusanda
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the adventurers to leave, explaining that, “We don’t have any choice. The earth priests are the only ones who can save us now.” Jendon isn’t evil. He just doesn’t see any evidence that so-called
cult and despairs that her neighbors knuckled under to the cultists. Reetha tells the characters that most townspeople are just scared, and that cultists have taken over the Harvest Inn. New Converts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
dark robes. Sarusanda kneels in one corner, wrapping a linen bandage around her leg. She startles at your intrusion, then relaxes.
The robed bodies belong to two priests of Osybus (see appendix A
Death House. Séance Robson Michel Sarusanda interrogates a deceased cult member to learn more about the activities in Death House Pungent sticks of incense burn around this room’s perimeter. Sarusanda
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the adventurers to leave, explaining that, “We don’t have any choice. The earth priests are the only ones who can save us now.” Jendon isn’t evil. He just doesn’t see any evidence that so-called
cult and despairs that her neighbors knuckled under to the cultists. Reetha tells the characters that most townspeople are just scared, and that cultists have taken over the Harvest Inn. New Converts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Rip Tide Priest Priests of the Rip Tide cult gather in secret cabals to perform dark rituals that glorify Olhydra, the elemental Princess of Evil Water, as the embodiment of water’s destructiveness
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Rip Tide Priest Priests of the Rip Tide cult gather in secret cabals to perform dark rituals that glorify Olhydra, the elemental Princess of Evil Water, as the embodiment of water’s destructiveness
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the priests of Osybus, often target these ancient vaults, seeking powers few can hope to control. The Guardians might share goals with characters trying to prevent supernatural dangers, but they just
as easily could consider characters threats themselves. Priests of Osybus These cultists channel the might of the Dark Powers and steal souls to gain the ability to transcend death. With their foul
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
prayers, Talona has almost no temples and few cults dedicated to her. A cult or a shrine to her might arise in an area after it suffers from pestilence, when some of those who survived decide to revere her or even become priests.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
prayers, Talona has almost no temples and few cults dedicated to her. A cult or a shrine to her might arise in an area after it suffers from pestilence, when some of those who survived decide to revere her or even become priests.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
The Cult of the Dragon The Cult of the Dragon has existed for centuries. During most of that time, its members have focused on the creation and worship of dracoliches, based on a prophecy translated
different interpretation, believing that “naught will be left save shattered thrones, with no rulers but the dead. Dragons shall rule the world entire ...” Severin’s quest to reshape the cult led him
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
The Cult of the Dragon The Cult of the Dragon has existed for centuries. During most of that time, its members have focused on the creation and worship of dracoliches, based on a prophecy translated
different interpretation, believing that “naught will be left save shattered thrones, with no rulers but the dead. Dragons shall rule the world entire ...” Severin’s quest to reshape the cult led him
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the priests of Osybus, often target these ancient vaults, seeking powers few can hope to control. The Guardians might share goals with characters trying to prevent supernatural dangers, but they just
as easily could consider characters threats themselves. Priests of Osybus These cultists channel the might of the Dark Powers and steal souls to gain the ability to transcend death. With their foul
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
fanatical devotion to the teachings of the cult. The wind serves them at a gesture. Howling Hatred priests see themselves as living extensions of Yan-C-Bin, and they help new recruits cast off the shackles of
Hatred cult as sacrifices. The priests also uphold the doctrine of their prophet, Aerisi Kalinoth, and harshly punish any initiate who strays from the path. Most other air cultists hate the priests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, volcanic temples are works of art. The priests who maintain the structures carve intricate designs with metal filigree in the stone walls and craft ornamental decorations that make each temple look
more like an art museum than a cave inside a mountain. The priests know that one day the volcano will erupt, destroying their work but providing an opportunity to start afresh with newly inspired
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, volcanic temples are works of art. The priests who maintain the structures carve intricate designs with metal filigree in the stone walls and craft ornamental decorations that make each temple look
more like an art museum than a cave inside a mountain. The priests know that one day the volcano will erupt, destroying their work but providing an opportunity to start afresh with newly inspired
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
fanatical devotion to the teachings of the cult. The wind serves them at a gesture. Howling Hatred priests see themselves as living extensions of Yan-C-Bin, and they help new recruits cast off the shackles of
Hatred cult as sacrifices. The priests also uphold the doctrine of their prophet, Aerisi Kalinoth, and harshly punish any initiate who strays from the path. Most other air cultists hate the priests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. Still, for the next few decades, the cult of Asmodeus struggled for acceptance. In the beliefs of the people of the North — which coincide with many tales told by dwarves, elves, and others — Asmodeus is
achieve their goals. To those not so dedicated, priests of Asmodeus offer the prospect of a reprieve in the afterlife. All souls wait on the Fugue Plane for a deity’s pleasure, which determines where a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Heretic Weapon (Longsword), Legendary (Requires Attunement by a Non-good Creature) The blasphemous weapon Heretic was created by a cult to steal power from good-aligned gods. The blade hungers to
condescending and snobby, especially in the company of priests and other pious folk, at whom it often directs sneering comments. When Heretic identifies its quarry, it erupts in a frenzied need for violence.