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inherited from his grandmother. When not serving the Watchful Order, he spends his days reading and writing books in his library.
Barnibus uses spells that help him investigate crimes, pry secrets
from the minds of suspects, and locate missing persons. He finds violence appalling and would never use his magic to inflict harm on others — even those who harm him.
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
; armies, serving as foot soldiers in the Abyss’s endless warring.
Bulezaus crave violence. Their eagerness to kill and willingness to die make them common members of many demon lords&rsquo
manifestations of animalistic rage, bulezaus embody the violence of nature. Across the Abyss, these demons lurk in deep canyons and lofty crags, and many find a place in the ranks of demon lords&rsquo
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
consort with Fiends and Undead, and they reject many of the goodly things from their former lives.
Blackguards often adorn their armor and weapons with dread accoutrements or are marked by eerie
hanging from a chain around the blackguard’s neck
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Glaive adorned with a length of cloth bearing the words “I choose violence”
Smite. Immediately after the blackguard
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
shared his dread secrets with them and demanded their worship. In time, his goal was achieved: he became a lich of almost godly power. Acknowledging the role that his disciples played in his ascension
one of the Dark Powers, and he and the other Dark Powers had conjured up a misty prison to contain the newly immortal Strahd, thereby preventing the count from serving as the conquering force that the
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
disciples who also wished to defy life and death. He shared his dread secrets with them and demanded their worship. In time, his goal was achieved: he became a lich of almost godly power. Acknowledging the
from serving as the conquering force that the priests sought to loose upon the world; thus they were denied their reward of immortality.
To this day, the priests of Osybus seek to unleash Strahd from
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Boon of Dread. Eerie whispers can now be heard around the priest. Any non-Undead creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of the priest must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be
their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis.
As his power grew, he attracted disciples who also wished to defy life and death. He shared his dread secrets with them and demanded their worship. In time
Hexblood
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unusual crown, often called an eldercross or a witch’s turn. This living, garland-like part of a hexblood’s body extends from their temples and wraps behind the head, serving as a visible
changed you and forced you from your home.
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A slighted druid transformed you and bound you to live only so long as a sacred tree bears fruit.
Hexbloods in the Domains of Dread
When
Priest of Osybus
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attracted disciples who also wished to defy life and death. He shared his dread secrets with them and demanded their worship. In time, his goal was achieved: he became a lich of almost godly power
preventing the count from serving as the conquering force that the priests sought to loose upon the world; thus they were denied their reward of immortality.
To this day, the priests of Osybus seek to
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dark Powers and tapped into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis.
As his power grew, he attracted disciples who also wished to defy life and death. He shared his dread secrets with them and
other Dark Powers had conjured up a misty prison to contain the newly immortal Strahd, thereby preventing the count from serving as the conquering force that the priests sought to loose upon the world
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis.
As his power grew, he attracted disciples who also wished to defy life and death. He shared his dread secrets with them and demanded their worship
conjured up a misty prison to contain the newly immortal Strahd, thereby preventing the count from serving as the conquering force that the priests sought to loose upon the world; thus they were denied
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
grew, he attracted disciples who also wished to defy life and death. He shared his dread secrets with them and demanded their worship. In time, his goal was achieved: he became a lich of almost godly
, thereby preventing the count from serving as the conquering force that the priests sought to loose upon the world; thus they were denied their reward of immortality.
To this day, the priests of Osybus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
14. Detention Hall There’s a 50 percent chance that a red-robed tiefling mage named Violence (see “The Horned Sisters”) is here, serving a detention for threatening a guest lecturer. The area
contains the following: Desk. A plain desk is situated against the west wall. If Violence is here, she’s seated in the chair, facing the wall, reading a scorched spellbook.
Door Plaque. The northeast door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Chapter 4 Creating Domains of Dread Sean A. Murray A hexblood witch in the domain of Tepest conjures visions of adventurers’ fatal fates Any fear might find terrible life amid the Domains of Dread
. Each domain highlights its own distinctive terror or flavor of the macabre. Chapter 2 presents numerous Domains of Dread and their respective Darklords, but you can blend legendary evils, unexpected
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Upper Tavick’s Landing With its restrictive laws and aristocratic pride, Upper Tavick’s Landing is openly hostile not just to street crime but to any display of violence, loud noise, and even
elite soldiers hone the psionic abilities they learn from their quori masters in the Dreaming Dark. A family of Karrnathi vampires inhabits an ancient manor in the opulent Ocean View district, serving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
demon lords’ armies, serving as foot soldiers in the Abyss’s endless warring. Bulezaus crave violence. Their eagerness to kill and willingness to die make them common members of many demon lords
Bulezau Diseased manifestations of animalistic rage, bulezaus embody the violence of nature. Across the Abyss, these demons lurk in deep canyons and lofty crags, and many find a place in the ranks of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
aggression and violence. Tarokka decks allow you run encounters where fortune-tellers predict characters’ fates. Once you’re familiar with the cards and their meanings, you can interpret them in ways that tie
same world as the domain of Barovia, but it and its users have since spread throughout the Domains of Dread. Further details and a complete tarokka deck appear in the adventure Curse of Strahd.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
intact. A year has passed on the Material Plane for each day they spent in the Eternal Garden. Desecrated the Tomb If the characters opened the sarcophagus, a sense of creeping dread settles over them
scolds any characters who participated in the desecration of the tomb, barely resisting resorting to violence. With a final curse, the Gardener waves a hand, and an icy gale rips through the area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
demon lords’ armies, serving as foot soldiers in the Abyss’s endless warring. Bloodlust. Bulezaus crave violence. Their eagerness to kill and willingness to die make them common members of any demon
Bulezau Diseased manifestations of animalistic rage, bulezaus embody the violence of nature. Across the Abyss, bulezaus lurk in deep canyons and lofty crags, and many find a place in the ranks of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
, severe governmental buildings, and temples dedicated to dozens of grim deities. Serving the city are the vassal villages of Decimus, Desolatus, and Despondia, where peasants struggle to feed the city’s
resentful of the exploitative upper class. This has resulted in violence and the ransacking of wealthy homes. The city’s elite have rallied behind one of their eldest members, Lady Talisveri Eris. Eris
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
grandmother. When not serving the Watchful Order, he spends his days reading and writing books in his library. Barnibus uses spells that help him investigate crimes, pry secrets from the minds of suspects, and
locate missing persons. He finds violence appalling and would never use his magic to inflict harm on others — even those who harm him. Barnibus Blastwind
Medium humanoid (human), lawful good
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
that followed, Chakuna burned Castle Pantara and took the former Darklord’s head. Valachan is no mundane land, though. A Domain of Dread demands a Darklord, and Valachan will be ruled only by its
of Valachan grow murderous and howl for von Kharkov’s return. So Chakuna continues a cycle of bloodshed, embracing the violence of her peoples’ onetime oppressor to ensure her bitter domination of her vicious realm.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the Shadowlands (detailed in “Other Domains of Dread”) in search of evil to vanquish. Bold and proud, many members of the Circle inadvertently race toward dramatic tragedies. The more successful
promises of wealth and supernatural power. Long-serving members of the Kargatane earn transformation into dhampirs (see chapter 1), the first step toward becoming a member of the Kargat and attaining
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
until dawn. Madame Eris then encourages her guests to indulge their desire for violence—and commit crimes that further her plots. Residents of Il Aluk stay indoors during the new moon, believing
Dread. Azalin and Strahd attempted to escape Barovia multiple times, but failure and resentment eventually turned the villains into vicious rivals. When Azalin forsook Castle Ravenloft and reentered the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
their former lives. Blackguards often adorn their armor and weapons with dread accoutrements or are marked by eerie phenomena. You may choose a blackguard’s accoutrement or roll on the Blackguard
chain around the blackguard’s neck 8 Glaive adorned with a length of cloth bearing the words “I choose violence” Blackguard
Medium Humanoid (Paladin), Typically Neutral Evil
Armor Class 18 (plate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dread Details The domain’s buildings, natural elements, landmarks, and creatures reflect the Darklord’s vile past. This section provides prompts for developing elements of your domain and connecting
A tradition sacred to the Darklord’s home. 6 An act of extreme violence the Darklord committed. 7 The Darklord’s greatest temptation. 8 Someone the Darklord betrayed. 9 The Darklord’s greatest fear. 10 Evidence of the Darklord’s vilest act.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
rank-and-file foot soldiers, to the goblins that find themselves driven into the front lines at spear point. A legion is headed by a warlord with several captains serving under its command. A hobgoblin
, rival legions compete constantly for reputation and status. Meetings between legions erupt in violence if troops aren’t restrained, and only exceptionally powerful leaders can force legions to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
city, with individuals serving as tyrants over city districts. The city’s rulers rarely meet in council, and when they do, the quarrelsome tyrants rarely find common cause or any basis for agreement
ensure the fertility of the earth. In the shadow of Mogis’s great temple, most of the gods are honored with some kind of violence. In that context, the small temple known as the Lesser Peristyle is an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
after she was forced to watch Umbraxakar devour the corpses of her slain companions one by one. She stays close to her rescuers, serving as a loyal follower until she is safely out of Undermountain or
suffers from Shadowfell despair manifesting as unshakable dread. Until the despair ends, she has disadvantage on all saving throws and gains the following flaw: “I’m convinced that I’m going to die
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Bone Devil Devil of Dread and Obedience Habitat: Planar (Nine Hells); Treasure: Implements Bone devils are gaunt, nightmarish Fiends with pallid skin stretched tight over frames that combine human
serving their diabolical masters, bone devils tempt self-obsessed mortals with promises of other creatures’ adulation and obedience. These devils prop up petty tyrants, helping them grow increasingly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
trade, Kalakeri is now locked in an endless storm of violence. At the center of that storm stand the remnants of the Vasavadan: three heirs transformed into unspeakable monsters by their depravity
change on a whim. The people of Kalakeri live in dread, as a single misstep means doom. Schemers and hapless citizens alike are tossed by the tidal forces of the royal family. Following her betrayal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
The Fetid Gaze Three green hags named Dread Morgan, Vile Sazha, and Auntie Greenbones were once rivals who dwelled in an area of the Feywild coterminous with the High Forest. A decade ago, during a
typically found in the bathhouse by day and in their tower lair at night. Each hag carries a master key that opens all the doors in the bathhouse and the tower. Dread Morgan In her true form, the neutral evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
that no enemy can gain a foothold against the gods’ cause through defilement or violence within these sites. If an enemy with such intent sets foot inside a warded location, the eidolon plunges into a
throws against any effect that turns undead.
Actions
Divine Dread. Each creature within 60 feet of the eidolon that can see it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
speak it truthfully.”
The characters need not resort to violence to obtain the deva’s mace-key. Here are some alternate approaches: Clever Deception. The characters can pose as emissaries of a
. You want a name. Maybe more than one. Got a pen?”
The Stranger promises to recite the true names the characters seek in exchange for freedom but warns them of the heavy toll such knowledge carries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
rehabilitation and leads a voluntary gardening program for those serving time, cultivating goodness in folk who have lost their way. Personality Trait. “There is light in every soul. I am keen to purge
“Artavazda’s Mission” section and move on to the “Ruz Bazaar” section. There, have agents of the Brightguard or Silent Roar entreat the characters to help prevent more violence. Afsoun’s Arrest As
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
persuasion to bring an end to this violence. They recognized the most powerful existing warlords as rulers of their domains, and they appointed lieutenants — including oni and other powerful and
, they sell their services as hunters and soldiers, serving all warlords. The gnolls are trusted across Droaam.