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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put the drow to sleep.
Special Equipment. The drow wields a tentacle rod.
Sunlight Sensitivity
and three Tentacle Rod attacks.
Demon Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Demon Staff"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put the drow to sleep.
Special Equipment. The drow wields a tentacle rod.
Sunlight Sensitivity
and three Tentacle Rod attacks.
Demon Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Demon Staff"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
at the edges of forests and other areas they claim to provoke fear and distrust in nearby villages and settlements. To an annis hag, nothing is sweeter than making a once-vibrant community paralyzed
graduating to pushing someone down the stairs or setting a house on fire. Eventually, the child’s terrified family and community face painful decisions of what to do about the seemingly remorseless
backgrounds
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
or managed to avoid notice. Alternatively, you might have encountered suspicion and fear, perhaps coupled with the outright antagonism of one or more dragonmarked houses. You might have formed an
association with the House Tarkanan criminal organization (named for one of the most notorious leaders of the aberrant dragonmarked in the War of the Mark twenty-five centuries ago). Or you might struggle to find your own way in the world, relying on your wits and the power of your mark.
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Strahd fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Master of the House. When Strahd is reduced to 0 hit points, he dissolves into mist and immediately
teleports to his lair in Castle Ravenloft. After 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Master of the House"} hours, Strahd re-forms in a random unoccupied space within his lair
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
motivation behind another strike performed in a different part of the city, or simply to spread fear.
As part of your covert work for House Dimir, you maintain a false identity as a member of another guild
chapter for your secondary guild
Feature: False Identity
You have more than one identity. The one you wear most of the time makes you appear to be a member of a guild other than House Dimir. You
Warforged
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
mindless automatons, House Cannith devoted vast resources to improving these steel soldiers. An unexpected breakthrough produced sapient soldiers, giving rise to what some have only grudgingly accepted
, Church, Crunch, Crystal, Dagger, Dent, Five, Glaive, Hammer, Iron, Lucky, Mace, Oak, Onyx, Pants, Pierce, Red, Rod, Rusty, Scout, Seven, Shield, Slash, Smith, Spike, Temple, Vault, Wall
Aarakocra
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
Sequestered in high mountains atop tall trees, the aarakocra, sometimes called birdfolk, evoke fear and wonder. Many aarakocra aren’t even native to the Material Plane. They hail from a world
have historical ties to the Wind Dukes of Aaqa. Exceptional individuals honor that connection and might seek out the missing pieces of the Rod of Seven Parts, the remains of an artifact fashioned by
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
undetected and don’t give their targets reason to harm them. For example, a group of city kobolds might sneak into a cobbler’s house at night to loot it of knives, leather bits, nails, and
other useful items, but if they are at risk of discovery, they run away rather than attack anyone in the house. By fleeing before they can be seen or identified, they avoid getting into a situation
Bugbear
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of the bushes and strangle you. If you stray too far from the house at night, bugbears will scoop you up to devour you in their den. If a bugbear cuts off your head, your soul stays trapped inside
bugbears recognize two other gods, both of which they disdain and fear: Maglubiyet and Skiggaret.
Maglubiyet, the leader of the goblinoid pantheon, forced both brothers to submit to his rule, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Death House Objective The characters must take the fourth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts from the Strahd-venerating cultists who operate from Death House’s basement. The priests of Osybus have their
own plans for the rod piece. As long as the eight priests inside the house are alive, they’ll try to keep the characters from taking the artifact.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Fourth Rod Piece The fourth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts is in area D38 of Death House. For more information about the rod and the spell this piece allows its wielder to cast, see this book’s introduction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Chapter 5: Death House Andrew Mar Death House is a source of terror in Barovia, and the characters soon discover why The fourth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts is in Barovia, one of the Shadowfell’s
Domains of Dread. With the aid of an Ulmist inquisitor, the party infiltrates the basement of an eerie locale called Death House. Here, they must stop cults plotting to use the fourth rod piece in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Sarusanda’s Company Once the characters have defeated the Death House cultists and claimed the rod piece, run the “Crisis of Faith” encounter detailed in the “Meetings with Sarusanda” section earlier
in the chapter at a time of your choosing to ensure she rejoins the characters before they face Strahd. Having slain the priests of Osybus, seen the cult’s plans thwarted, and made sure the Rod of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Chapter 5 Summary Chapter 5 takes place in Barovia, a Domain of Dread. The characters learn that the fourth rod piece was taken to a haunted residence called Death House. Cultists and the infamous
vampire lord Strahd von Zarovich hope to obtain the rod piece themselves, and the characters must thwart all threats before they can claim the piece.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
now, it hasn’t merited intervention by the Ulmist Inquisition. Unexpected Discovery. Recently, the cultists in Death House obtained something important: a fragment of the Rod of Seven Parts. Sarusanda
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
encounter as they explore Death House. Once the characters acquire the rod piece, Strahd arrives at Death House to toy with the characters and tries to block their escape.
Running This Chapter This chapter begins after the characters retrieve the third piece of the Rod of Seven Parts. When a character holds this piece, they instinctively know that the next closest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Character Advancement The characters should be 14th level when this chapter begins. They gain a level after they retrieve the fourth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts from Death House.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Strahd’s Presence Strahd has finally deemed Death House worthy of attention. Once the party retrieves the rod piece in the ritual chamber, read the following to describe Strahd’s arrival at Death
House. The characters won’t yet see Strahd, but they’ll feel his presence. A gust of wind blasts through the halls of Death House, and the temperature drops precipitously. Candles and lamps snuff out and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
characters are the perfect patsies. Kas planned to retrieve the pieces of the Rod of Seven Parts himself, but now he sends the characters to do so. Kas plans to use the rod to free the demon lord Miska
the Wolf-Spider, his ally against Vecna, though he falsely claims that the rod is the key to stopping Vecna. (Read more about Kas’s plan in chapters 2 and 9.) Rod of Seven Parts Rod, Artifact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
without a plan, they’re unlikely to survive the experience, let alone retrieve the first piece of the Rod of Seven Parts. See the advice below for handling strategies the characters might adopt. Being
Sneaky If the characters are careful, they might be able to sneak through Web’s Edge and steal the rod piece without anyone catching them. If any devotees in Web’s Edge spot the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
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If the characters attempt to leave or circumvent the village, the Mists return them to where they started. The third piece of the Rod of Seven Parts points toward the tall, gloomy house on the
, gray fog shrouds this small, gloomy village. Dismal houses and outbuildings line the cobblestone streets. The sound of a child weeping echoes preternaturally from a tall house looming in the distance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Toward Web’s Edge Irina Nordsol Alustriel’s Chime of Exile might help the characters defeat Vecna After stepping through the portal, the characters emerge deep in the Underdark in Faerûn. The rod
piece is hidden in Web’s Edge, a nearby safe house for agents of the demon-god Lolth. The characters initially emerge through a door-shaped fissure in one wall of a claustrophobic, seemingly abandoned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
House Tarkanan The Voice of
BRELAND
Assassins on the loose!
It is common knowledge that those with aberrant marks can’t be trusted. It’s not their fault; they’re touched by Khyber, and the
the common people!
Long ago, the dragonmarked houses sought to exterminate the bearers of aberrant dragonmarks. Today, those who carry aberrant dragonmarks are still treated with fear and suspicion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
fail.”
Mordenkainen’s eyes gleam with excitement as he continues: “There is an artifact that is, I believe, the only way to weaken Vecna so the chime can be used against him. It’s called the Rod of
into finding the rod’s pieces should we need them. The first piece is deep in the Underdark, somewhere inside a hidden safe house for worshipers of the demon-god Lolth. Web’s Edge, it’s called
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The Entity A mysterious malevolence lies beneath the House of Lament (see area 31). More a force of nature than an individual being, the Entity is a bodiless intellect that nudges those in the domain
toward wickedness. As characters explore, use the Entity as a lurking manifestation of the Dark Powers, a vague glimpse of a terror even the house’s spirits fear.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
”).
Chest. A wooden chest stands against the east wall.
The nagas don’t fear death, but they do fear the loss or theft of their rod of rulership and will do everything they can to safeguard it. A
battle here attracts the thralls from areas 11b and 15f, assuming they’re still around. While Agorra is under the effect of the rod of rulership, she believes the nagas to be her allies and defends them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
wounding Weapon Yes Tentacle rod Rod Yes Vicious weapon Weapon No Wand of binding Wand Yes (spellcaster) Wand of enemy detection Wand Yes Wand of fear Wand Yes Wand of fireballs Wand Yes (spellcaster) Wand
action Ring Yes Ring of protection Ring Yes Ring of resistance Ring Yes Ring of spell storing Ring Yes Ring of the ram Ring Yes Ring of X-ray vision Ring Yes Robe of eyes Wondrous item Yes Rod of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
chasing after a wolf hangs from an iron rod bolted to the south wall. The silverware tarnishes, the crystal cracks, the portrait fades, and the tapestry rots if removed from the house.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
House Tarkanan House Tarkanan is an elite force of mercenary thieves and assassins. The criminal talents of the Tarkanans are enhanced by another trait they share: every member of the house possesses
an aberrant dragonmark. Thus, every Tarkanan has an unpredictable magical gift—and all of them are united by the fear and prejudice that most aberrant heirs elicit from other people. If you have a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
. In addition to the main house, the hunting lodge grounds include a guest house for visitors, a conjoined stable house and smithy, an outhouse, and pens to hold Falcon’s livestock. Accustomed to long
trophy hall. Corwin has advised Falcon not to do this for fear of retaliation, but Falcon has a long history of killing orcs and can’t abide them as neighbors. Visitors are free to stay in the guest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and begins killing nobles in the streets. Many of the houses’ businesses in the city are shut down as fear spreads. 3 A victim who was killed by a House Tarkanan assassin returns as an undead that tries
House Tarkanan Campaign Themes As assassins for hire, the members of House Tarkanan can appear in a campaign as agents of other enemies of the adventurers. But they can also play a central role in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
feels most appropriate. Random Encounters d12 Encounter
1 An allied unit is being overwhelmed, but the nearest officer is frozen with fear and won’t give the order to reinforce them.
2
sinks into the mud, dragging its oxen down with it.
8 Lightning ignites the roof of a nearby house. Locals are hiding out in the cellar but going to their aid could betray their position.
9 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
and again—by its own will or that of Strahd. Locals give the building a wide berth for fear of antagonizing the evil spirits believed to haunt it. The wealthy family that built the house practiced the
History Death House is the name given to an old row house in the village of Barovia (area E7 on the village map). The house has been burned to the ground many times, only to rise from the ashes time
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
sponsor adventuring parties and monster-hunting expeditions, and their motto is “What you fear, we master.” House Phylund has an estate on Copper Street, west of the High Road between Julthoon Street
background from the Player’s Handbook or the Waterdavian noble background from the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide. House Amcathra. The Amcathras are a Tethyrian family that specializes in horse breeding