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directly, be it with dramatic manifestations or direct possession of their servant. Although a deity’s words might be steeped in metaphors, should a god wish to make their intentions clear, they
divine omens (such as those presented in chapter 4) might seek out an oracle to gain a clearer vision of the god’s intentions. Finding an oracle, though, or one experienced in interpreting certain types of visions, might prove to be an adventure in its own right.
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
feel like a Beast or a Humanoid it has seen or to return to its true form. Any equipment the giant is wearing or carrying is absorbed by the new form. Its statistics, other than its size, don’t
giants who honor and emulate the craftiness and deceit of the deity Memnor above all else. They are tricksters supreme who use sleight of hand, deception, misdirection, and magic in their pursuit of
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and unexpected return to the world. Through all that time and currently, Prophetess has maintained a challenging relationship with her faith.
Though retired from active service to her deity, Prophetess
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a collection of religious texts stuffed into an attic and forgotten when a believer’s patron deity died. In this solitary work, you’ve learned secrets no one else knows.
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You killed
superseding event. Suddenly directionless and unable to return to your homeland, you have lingered, adrift, in this wretched city.
Feature: Discovery
The quiet seclusion of your extended
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, particularly anything colorful and lively to gaze at after they return to the gloom of the Shadowfell.
Shadar-kai
In the gloom of the Shadowfell live shadar-kai, elves whose ancestors served the Raven Queen
of the Raven Queen watch over both the Shadowfell and the Material Plane, scouting out choice souls and tragedies that might please their deity. They are rumored to be able to coax worldly events
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as warnings against whole cities or nations earning the wrath of a god. In rare cases, certain individuals might earn the bitter enmity of a god, causing that deity to request the services of an angel
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Each angel of slaughter dwells in a fortress in the Shadowfell. In return for its services, an angel of slaughter is gifted some of the souls and corpses that it harvests during its catastrophic
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sibriexes can graft on new body parts to give the demons greater strength, vision, or stamina. Sibriexes never give aid freely, though; they demand a service or a treasure in return for the flesh
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, possibly since childhood. The read-aloud text below describes such a vision. You can add details that correspond to each character’s deity. For example, a character who worships Sirrion might find the
steadfast followers. Characters who draw their magic from gods won’t have access to spells or magical class features until the end of the encounter, as this prelude details a meeting with their deity
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Charity. I always help those in need. (Good)
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Faith. I choose to follow the tenets of a particular lawful good deity to the letter. (Lawful
. The Sword of Zariel is a sentient, lawful good item with an Intelligence of 10, a Wisdom of 20, and a Charisma of 18. It has hearing and normal vision out to a range of 30 feet.
The sword communicates
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Luthic. He predicts that the war will end with Luthic the only deity standing, as the cave mother ascends to rule her warrior children.
Life in the Tribe
Orcs survive through savagery and force of
serve as a battering ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within.
A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Forgotten Realms: The Tenebrous Stone
DC 15 Wisdom saving throw can change the tragic outcome of their vision; a character who fails experiences the tragedy all over again. When every vision has resolved, the characters return to their
Hidden Cavity Within the hidden cavity, the cult has hidden a relic called the Tenebrous Stone. As the characters enter, each is subjected to a vision of a past failure. Roleplay through each of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
categories to all spells, believing that all magic functions in essentially the same way, whether it derives from rigorous study or is bestowed by a deity.
The schools of magic help describe spells
creature that can see you and that isn't incapacitated. THE SCHOOLS OF MAGIC
Academies of magic group spells into eight categories called schools of magic. Scholars, particularly wizards, apply these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
A Wizard’s Theory The wizard claims that each standing stone is keyed to one of the eight schools of magic (abjuration, conjuration, divination, enchantment, evocation, illusion, necromancy, and
do indeed relate to the eight schools of magic. The wizard requests that each character places a hand upon a different stone, to “assist in channeling the streams of magic.” When their hands are in
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
been selected as the first donor and recipient. By giving Valin a piece of myself and receiving a piece of her in return, I can help the fate of the world unfold as she has foreseen.
It is my honor
to protect the oracle in her sanctuary, ensuring that only donors and recipients may visit her. I have no need of the rite of reclamation, for I believe in the vision and perfection of Valin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
, believing that all magic functions in essentially the same way, whether it derives from rigorous study or is bestowed by a deity.
The schools of magic help describe spells; they have no rules of their own
perform somatic components. THE SCHOOLS OF MAGIC
Academies of magic group spells into eight categories called schools of magic. Scholars, particularly wizards, apply these categories to all spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Different philosophical schools hold political as well as intellectual power in the polis, with five schools of philosophy dominating Meletian discourse. Elpidians. Perisophia’s optimistic Elpidian school
forms, and they call the most accomplished mages thaumaturges (“wonder workers”). Many Meletian mages are trained at the elite academy of the Dekatia, but countless smaller schools and private tutors
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
turn in the pool takes 5 (1d10) psychic damage. Any creature that gazes into the pool for more than a few seconds receives a brief, nightmarish vision. In this vision, the creature is being swallowed
whole by a giant snake. When the vision ends, the creature must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 5 (1d10) psychic damage. Prisoners of the Yuan-ti
Prisoners the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
communicate telepathically with any creature that carries or wields it. Sentient Item’s Senses 1d4 Senses 1 Hearing and standard vision out to 30 feet 2 Hearing and standard vision out to 60 feet 3
Hearing and standard vision out to 120 feet 4 Hearing and Darkvision out to 120 feet Sentient Item’s Special Purpose 1d10 Special Purpose 1 Aligned. The item seeks to defeat or destroy those of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Petitioners Petitioners are former mortals. They’ve lived, ceased living, and now exist on the Outer Planes. They typically inhabit a plane that shares their alignment or the realm of a deity they
beyond the Outer Planes don’t affect this creature.
Soul Shape. A dead petitioner can be returned to life only by the true resurrection spell or the wish spell. If affected by these spells, a petitioner chooses whether to return in its original mortal form or as a petitioner.
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
the transformation early. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the same state you were in when you initially transformed.
Book. You gain the ability to speak, read, and write 1d6 + 2
of 22.
Temple. A deity or entity of similar power becomes bound to aid you. At any point in time between drawing the card and when you die, you can use your action to call on this entity for divine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
normal vision out to 30 feet. 2 Hearing and normal vision out to 60 feet. 3 Hearing and normal vision out to 120 feet. 4 Hearing and darkvision out to 120 feet. Alignment A sentient magic item has
particular deity. 5 Templar: The item seeks to defend the servants and interests of a particular deity. 6 Destroyer: The item craves destruction and goads its user to fight arbitrarily. 7 Glory Seeker
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
called into service by the deity they know as the Scaled Mother and followed her portents as they traveled north. They began excavating the old temple, with the grippli’s consent, in the expectation of
to return to normal. When the grippli prisoners realize that the characters have persevered, they waste no time getting the news to the village and the trading post. The refugees return home, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. Holy sites dedicated to Milil are often found in performance venues and schools of music. Whether the site is a vast concert hall or a small choral chamber, it must have excellent acoustic qualities
sometimes thought of as being in service to Oghma. In these portrayals of the deity, Milil is the god’s left hand, also referred to as the One True Hand. This expression isn’t meant to denigrate the right
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
questions the characters ask based on the information in the adventure. Gromph’s Folly If the characters inquire about Gromph Baenre or the arrival of the demon lords, they receive a vision of how
shrinks away from the demonic hordes he has unwittingly unleashed.
If a character receiving this vision has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 13 or higher, he or she sees a drow insignia on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
sphere. If it would better fit your group, a trapped character can mysteriously reappear after a few in-game hours or days, rejoining the party on their own. Those who return from the sphere in this
way never remember how they escaped—nor do they return wholly unchanged. Use the following curse, the Mark of the Donjon, to represent the transformation of a character who escapes the Donjon Sphere
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Story Overview When Phenax sent Varyas the Knowing a vision of the oracle’s impending death, the seer didn’t fear—he knew his work was just beginning. (BASTIEN L. DEHARME) Like all the Returned who
an agent— a soul willing to forsake life, discover his secret, and return with the knowledge that even the god couldn’t escape with. Varyas met his end and dutifully sought Phenax’s mystery in the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Nyx. Where they appear, these weapons change the tide of wars and the course of history. Typically a deity bestows their weapon only on a favored champion or devotee. Depending on the champion’s piety
from a divine champion who needed it but refuses to return it.
4 Destroy a god’s weapon and channel the energy released to create a new magic item or work a miracle.
5 Reforge a god’s
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
learn more about the character’s deity. Back to Vogler After the wounded are tended to, Mayor Raven and Becklin urge the villagers to return to Vogler so they can organize a proper response. Raven and
Becklin ask the characters to escort the villagers home safely in case of further threats, but the somber return trip to Vogler proves uneventful.
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sent Kurtulmak to retrieve it. Garl lured his pursuer into a maze-like cavern, then collapsed the exits behind him, trapping Kurtulmak for all eternity. Kurtulmak is a hateful deity, one who despises
they were demigods — mighty beings of divine descent. This isn’t a casual sort of worship or lip service; kobolds are awed in the presence of a dragon, as if an actual avatar of a deity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
worshipers of Dendar are led by nightmare speakers, malison warlocks that honor their deity through acts of terror and receive magical power in return. Rather than killing enemies, these followers of
grants spells to his clergy in response to their invocations. Rousing him for advice or direct intervention is possible, but requires many ritual murders to be performed in his name, and his return
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
truly ever die? Myrkul’s faithful see him as the Reaper, who lays claim to souls and brings them to Kelemvor to be judged. Myrkul is a deity of death, decay, old age, exhaustion, dusk, and autumn. He’s
the god of the ending of things and hopelessness, as much as Lathander is the god of beginnings and hope. Folk don’t pray to Myrkul so much as dread him and blame him for aching bones and fading vision
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
deity or her worshipers. Since many of Ephara’s most devout followers are scholars, they commonly use magically constructed creatures in their plans. The vast majority of villains associated with Ephara
are humans: soldiers, politicians, priests, and scholars who believe that Ephara’s vision of a proper city is more important than the people living in it. The Ephara’s Monsters table presents just a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Other Religious Systems In your campaign, you can create pantheons of gods who are closely linked in a single religion, monotheistic religions (worship of a single deity), dualistic systems (centered
on two opposing deities or forces), mystery cults (involving personal devotion to a single deity, usually as part of a pantheon system), animistic religions (revering the spirits inherent in nature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
for the gleaming golden mask. Seconds later, things return to normal. Any character who succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Religion) check recognizes it as a sign from Phenax, but its exact meaning is
unclear. If anyone else is nearby and the characters ask them about the omen, it’s clear no bystanders witnessed the vision. A character who scrutinizes the mask finds nothing supernatural about it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
psychic resonances of Mount Makab, the God-Brain can guide any of its servants or other psychically aligned minds through the Mists to Bluetspur. In effect, it provides a vision or dream of the domain
. They then return to the God-Brain, bloated with cerebrospinal fluid to momentarily dull its suffering. Closing the Borders. When the God-Brain closes Bluetspur’s borders, the surface of the domain