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Dungeon Master’s Guide
Archlich;Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every horrid idea, every corrupt thought, and every example of foul magic he came across or devised.
Other practitioners of
stone cracks and turns to powder if the book rests on it long enough.
Whenever a creature that isn’t a Fiend or an Undead attunes to the Book of Vile Darkness, that creature makes a DC 17
Book of Vile Darkness
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every
the book’s contents, provided that those modifications advance evil and expand the lore already contained within.
Whenever a non-evil creature attunes to the Book of Vile Darkness, that creature
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Keys from the Golden Vault
even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every
the book’s contents, provided that those modifications advance evil and expand the lore already contained within.
Whenever a non-evil creature attunes to the Book of Vile Darkness, that creature
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Book of Vile Darkness Wondrous item, artifact (requires attunement) The contents of this foul manuscript of ineffable wickedness are the meat and drink of those in evil’s thrall. No mortal was meant
to know the secrets it contains, knowledge so horrid that to even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness. Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its
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Book of Vile Darkness Wondrous Item, Artifact (Requires Attunement) The contents of this foul manuscript are the meat and drink of the wicked. It contains knowledge so horrid that to even glimpse the
scrawled pages invites doom. Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every horrid idea, every corrupt thought, and every example of foul magic he
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
the time he was working to create the Crystal Shard, Zlan was a devotee of a god of darkness, confusion, and pain. Zlan likes to subtly twist minds to confusion and paranoia and doesn’t take
Crenshinibon, better known as the Crystal Shard. Zlan Clervish was one of those seven liches, and that lich’s will predominates in the fused entity. All seven bodies are frozen together with ice and
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
this item extends its curse to you. You remain cursed until you are targeted by a remove curse spell or similar magic, or until the shard is reattached to Xeluan’s petrified heart.
The shard
This 1-foot-long shard of obsidian has veins of silver and gold beneath its cold surface.
Empowered Magic. While holding the shard, you can use it as a spellcasting focus, and it gives you a +1
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Candlekeep Mysteries
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Shard of Shadow. Ranged Spell Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12","rollType":"spell","rollAction":"Shard of Shadow"} to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d6 + 7);{"diceNotation":"1d6+7
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shard of Shadow","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, and if the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the
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Acquisitions Incorporated
Hand) check can remove a disk, causing one head to power down and preventing it from making attacks. If the dragon head is disabled, the creature loses its Fire Breath. If the goat head is disabled
damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.A chimera is a vile combination of goat, lion, and dragon, and features the heads of all three of those creatures. It likes to swoop down from the sky and engulf prey with its fiery breath before landing to attack.Poison, Psychic
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, the target is pulled to a space within 5 feet of the banderhobb.
Shadow Step. The banderhobb teleports up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space of dim light or darkness that it can see.
Swallow. Melee
prone. If the banderhobb dies, it likewise regurgitates a swallowed creature.A banderhobb is a hybrid of shadow and flesh. Through vile magic, these components take on an enormous and horrific upright
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Acquisitions Incorporated
Magic Resistance. The deep crow has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the deep crow can take the Hide action as a
, echoing from the darkness like a death knell. For by the time those glowing red eyes fix on you, it's far too late to run …
Some adventurers and sages whisper that deep crows were first spawned as
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
darkness. The destination must be a place the meazel has seen before, but it need not be within line of sight. If the destination space is occupied, the teleportation leads to the nearest unoccupied
space.
Any other creature the meazel teleports becomes cursed for 1 hour or until the curse is ended by remove curse or greater restoration. Until this curse ends, every Undead and every creature
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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
and dream as he started to write his Book of Vile Darkness.
Vecna forged a kingdom on Oerth, but he grew bored with it after several centuries. He started inflicting suffering on other worlds. In
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Vile Teleport", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage. If at least one creature takes this damage, Vecna regains 80 hit points.
Hydroloth
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, requiring no material components:
At will: darkness, detect magic, dispel magic, invisibility (self only), water walk
3/day each: control water, crown of madness, fear, phantasmal killer, suggestion
higher than 5, they become 5. Each time the target finishes a long rest, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success. A greater restoration or remove curse spell cast on the
Gynosphinx
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following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): mage hand, minor illusion, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, shield
2nd level (3 slots): darkness, locate object
, suggestion
3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, remove curse, tongues
4th level (3 slots): banishment, greater invisibility
5th level (1 slot): legend loreMultiattack. The sphinx makes two claw attacks
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Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks):
At-will: detect evil and good, mage armor (self only), mage hand
2/day each: protection from evil and good, remove curse
;shadow demons, wraith;wraiths, and other incorporeal entities hiding in palls of darkness. With a brief reboant chant, an exorcist can expunge a harmful entity from a possessed creature—or make that creature vulnerable to a painful spiritual inhabitation.Necrotic
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
addition, the oinoloth can end one disease on the target or remove one of the following conditions from it: blinded, deafened, paralyzed, or poisoned. The target then gains 1 level of exhaustion, and
components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
At will: darkness, detect magic, dispel magic, hold monster, invisibility (self only)
1/day each: feeblemind, globe of
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Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): mage hand, minor illusion, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, shield
2nd level (3 slots): darkness, locate object
, suggestion
3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, remove curse, tongues
4th level (3 slots): banishment, greater invisibility
5th level (1 slot): legend lore
It has a +1 bonus to Intelligence checks and
Oinoloth
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Innate Spellcasting. The oinoloth's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: darkness, detect
the target or remove one of the following conditions from it: blinded, deafened, paralyzed, or poisoned. The target then gains 1 level of exhaustion, and its hit point maximum is reduced by 7 (2d6
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
At will: darkness, detect magic, dispel magic, invisibility (self only)
3/day each: control water, crown of madness, fear, suggestion
Steal Memory (1/Day
, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success. A greater restoration or remove curse spell cast on the target ends this effect early.
Teleport. The hydroloth magically
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
brains to cast the spell, as indicated:
1/day each: arms of Hadar (1 brain), detect magic (2 brains), magic missile (3 brains), Tenser's floating disk (4 brains), darkness (5 brains), hold person (6
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After a neh-thalggu kills a victim, it uses its pincers to cut open the victim’s head and remove the brain. It then swallows the brain whole. The collected brain is stored inside one of several
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
unconscious creature remains asleep until it is no longer in the area with tendrils, takes any damage, or is targeted by a remove curse spell or similar magic.Nightmare haunts are terrors from the
guarded by nightmare haunts.
PsychicShadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the nightmare haunt takes the Hide action.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
archmage in the Feywild. Fire and Darkness 11 Wrest the Book of Vile Darkness from an efreeti and his lackeys.
diadem from the vault of a notorious thief. Shard of the Accursed 8 Use a magical shard to mend a giant’s broken heart and save a town from destruction. Heart of Ashes 8 Retrieve a king’s heart to
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
found an artifact of unimaginable evil: the Book of Vile Darkness. In this heist, the heroes must infiltrate Brimstone Hold, the prison-fortress where Vrakir has locked away the Book of Vile Darkness
as the group recovers it. An efreeti’s fortress holds the Book of Vile
Darkness. Good luck storming this castle
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Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. During daylight hours, it emits bright light, but at night, it never reaches full darkness, becoming dim light instead.
Memory Loss. Unless otherwise stated, a creature that leaves the domain must make a
or the Palace of Spires. On a successful save, the creature’s memories remain intact, but they’re hazy and dreamlike. A Remove Curse or Greater Restoration spell restores the creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
this item extends its curse to you. You remain cursed until you are targeted by a remove curse spell or similar magic, or until the shard is reattached to Xeluan’s petrified heart. The shard’s curse
Shard Description The shard of Xeluan is described below. Characters don’t become aware of the shard’s curse until it comes into play. Shard of Xeluan Shard of Xeluan Wondrous Item, Rare (Requires
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mage) aids them. Shard of Darkness. Once the anhkolox is destroyed, a character who searches the cave finds the source of the fog: a rounded piece of broken black glass. The fog ceases if the glass
is touched, and it clears a minute later. A detect magic spell reveals the shard emanates an aura of enchantment magic. A character who succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check realizes the
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For the Golden Vault If the characters are working for the Golden Vault, they must deliver the Book of Vile Darkness to their contact. Once they do, the organization rewards the characters with a
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Conclusion After the characters escape Brimstone Hold, they might find themselves pursued by Nebukath, Vrakir, or both. The former is focused solely on obtaining the Book of Vile Darkness, while the
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Adventure Background Vrakir obtained the Book of Vile Darkness by accident. The efreeti knew the red dragon Drendarylix laired only a few days’ ride from Brimstone Hold, one of Vrakir’s fortresses
efreeti learn what had given the cultists their power: the Book of Vile Darkness. Without hesitation, Vrakir claimed the artifact, taking it to Brimstone Hold to plot how best to use it to fuel his evil.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
the fortress via the plane shift spell. Doing so might first require characters to spy on the hold’s activities. Avoiding Confrontation. Vrakir is a powerful adversary. The characters are best off avoiding a confrontation with him, at least until the Book of Vile Darkness is out of his grasp.
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the characters as having the skills needed for such a difficult task. Should the characters deliver the Book of Vile Darkness to Farn, he will reward them with an amulet of the planes. Farn promises the Fated will then safely secure the book.
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Vrakir unleashes the fell power of the Book of Vile Darkness. Syr Isbeth, the human leader of the defense effort, received a missive from the arcanaloth Nebukath professing the arcanaloth’s sympathies
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, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone, Restrained, Stunned
Senses Darkvision 120 ft. (unimpeded by magical Darkness); Passive Perception 11
Languages Understands Infernal but can’t speak
CR 3 (XP 700; PB +2
regain Hit Points or gain Temporary Hit Points.
Actions
Multiattack. The swarm makes two Vile Slime attacks.
Vile Slime. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 11 (2d8 + 2) Poison damage, or 9 (2d6 + 2) Poison damage if the swarm is Bloodied.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Personal Motives Not every conflict involves a fight between light and darkness. The vast majority of people are driven by simple motives: greed, fear, pride, or ambition. One person just wants to
few more pieces of gold out of Khorvaire, spies who will do anything to protect their nations, and petty criminals trying to build empires. Eberron holds a place for selfless heroes and truly vile villains, as well as everyone in between.