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Returning 35 results for 'sing of reclusive death variants'.
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", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. Success: Half damage.
Face of Death (1/Day). Charisma Saving Throw: DC 19, each creature in a 60-foot Emanation originating from Lord Soth. Failure: 22 (4d10
);{"diceNotation":"4d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Face of Death", "rollDamageType":"Psychic"} Psychic damage, and the creature has the Frightened condition. Success: Half damage only
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
black tentacles, polymorph
5th level (2 slots): cloudkill, geas, scrying
6th level (1 slot): programmed illusion, true seeing
7th level (1 slot): finger of death, mirage arcane
8th level (1 slot
Strahd’s true mother.
Other Mother. When Strahd was still a baby in his crib, Baba Lysaga cast protective spells on him and crept into his nursery on stormy nights to sing magical rhymes to him
monsters
", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. Success: Half damage.
Face of Death (1/Day). Charisma Saving Throw: DC 19, each creature in a 60-foot Emanation originating from Lord Soth. Failure: 22 (4d10
);{"diceNotation":"4d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Face of Death", "rollDamageType":"Psychic"} Psychic damage, and the creature has the Frightened condition. Success: Half damage only
Goliath
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At the highest mountain peaks — far above the slopes where trees grow and where the air is thin and the frigid winds howl — dwell the reclusive goliaths. Few folk can claim to have seen a
away in the night to seek the cold will of fate.
In some ways, the goliath drive to outdo themselves feeds into the grim inevitability of their decline and death. A goliath would much rather die in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
heart of creation.
Breathe, dragons; sing now of Tiamat,
raging in battle with no hope of victory.
She would not flee or surrender,
fighting as death reached its cold claws toward her.
War
-bringers seized her and bound her,
snatched her from death, entombed her in torment—
Sealed in the darkness forever,
captive to gods laying claim to creation.
Breathe, dragons; sing of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
mortal covenant That only ends with death And so we’ll sing of Elturel Until our final breath. Any character who has been to Elturel or who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (History) check knows
sing a song of Elturel Of water, woods, and hill The sun dawns on her ruddy cliffs And fields green and still. This land of long-abiding joy Home of the strong and brave Renowned by all, across the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Death Knight’s Soul The soul of the death knight Emberlost is bound into the dreadnaught’s bones. As a sentient, undead creature, Emberlost can see and talk through the skeletal figurehead (area D2
), his own corpse below deck (area D17), or the hellfire orb mounted on the mainmast (area D4). The death knight has Wisdom (Perception) modifier of +3 and a passive Wisdom (Perception) of 13. The death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
animals. Reclusive and omnivorous, hippogriffs mate for life and seldom venture more than a few miles from their nest. When defending its mate or its young, a hippogriff fights to the death. Hippogriffs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
GRASH-ah ME-ghan Dwarf matron of a reclusive clan Chapter 5 Ishvern ish-VERN Sea elf leader of a group of Dimernesti elves Chapter 5 Ispin Greenshield ISS-pin GREEN-shield Deceased storytelling human
Mysterious elven performer Chapter 3 Lohezet low-ZHET Black-robed human mage serving the Dragon Army Chapter 6 Loren Soth LORE-an SAWTH Infamous death knight Chapter 2 Lorry Wanwillow LOR-ee WAN-will-oh
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
of years. The greatest heroes of your people join the Undying Court after death; if you achieve great things in your life, you too could achieve this immortality. The Aereni are isolationists who
Court, and if so, what’s your relationship with them? Do you find dealing with the short-lived races to be a challenge, or are you patient with them? Elf Variants
The Valenar and Aereni are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the creatures herein: Extended Family. This chapter introduces death giants, fensirs from the Outer Planes, and the monstrous gargantuas, as well as primordial scions of the giant gods. Magic-Using
Giants. Each of the giants of the ordning has new variants in this chapter. The cloud giant destiny gambler, fire giant forgecaller, frost giant ice shaper, hill giant avalancher, stone giant rockspeaker
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
monuments, tombs, and pyramids of past golden ages litter Har’Akir. These countless tombs are interconnected, forming a vast, semi-hidden underground network called the Labyrinth. Akirran death rituals call
prefer to sing, dance, or play an instrument? What animal, hero, god, or past pharaoh is evoked in your favorite song? How do others feel about your performances?
How do the gods feature in your life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
giants, reclusive by nature, did their best to discourage lesser giants from destroying the civilizations of the small folk. The death of Queen Neri and the disappearance of King Hekaton have left
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Seeds of Fear Aside from supernatural sources of dread and monsters who strike terror in their victims, fear is subjective and often quite personal. A battle-hardened warrior and a reclusive scholar
1 “I can’t stand dark places.”
2 “I’m terrified of a particular kind of animal.”
3 “Deep water will be the death of me.”
4 “I can’t stand heights.”
5 “I hate being stuck in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
living iron, Rust Monsters, and hungry beasts prowl the wooded junk heaps. Isles of Agony Lamordians know the Isles of Agony as freezing death traps. At the hidden sanctuary of Hope’s Heart
the water were burning someone behind the falls. Schloss Aubrecker Baron Rudolph von Aubrecker, the reclusive ruler of Lamordia, sends proclamations to his people from the remote castle Schloss
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masters: Ravenloft Play-Along Pack
past failures. Worse, no worthy foes exist to challenge him. So Soth broods on his throne in Nedragaard Keep, haunted by banshees that sing the tale of his disgrace and by rotted, undead copies of the
domain by keeping its borders perpetually closed. Only those who rouse him to activity or invade Nedragaard Keep might convince him to let them escape. This risks provoking the mighty death knight’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
ultimately fell under Yeenoghu’s sway. Gnolls sing a similar chant in their language while they seek out prey.
The first gift is hunger.
It is His blessing.
It is our call to bring death.
The
springs into action, its blades and teeth turn it into a whirling dealer of death, able to dash from one target to the next as though it had been shot from a bow. Gnoll Witherlings A war band might go for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Dungeons Some dungeons are old strongholds abandoned by the folk who built them. Others are natural caves or lairs carved out by monsters. Dungeons attract cults, groups of monsters, and reclusive
–66 Intended as a death trap to eliminate any creature that enters, perhaps to guard a treasure or to harvest souls for a necromantic rite 67–69 Intended as a tomb 70–72 Long known as the site of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
broods on his throne in Nedragaard Keep, haunted by banshees that sing the tale of his disgrace and by rotted, undead copies of the knights who once served him. Lord Soth cares nothing for his domain
rouse him to activity or invade Nedragaard Keep might convince him to let them escape. This risks provoking the mighty death knight’s wrath, but Soth still thinks of himself as a true knight—he might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
of elven life that others are most familiar with because it’s the age when elves move outside their reclusive communities and interact with the larger world. They strive to have a permanent effect on
soul whose connection to the Seldarine has been weakened, or it might be a true elf soul trapped in the body of a half-elf until death, or the soul that lies beneath one’s elf-like visage might be human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
from a family of sorcerers, you were the only one not to show magical aptitude. Skull You had a near-death experience, and you believe you saw yourself going to the Nine Hells. Star You’re chasing
notoriety, hoping for folk to sing of your deeds for years to come. Sun You once belonged to a small but mighty militia. Sometimes, you miss the regimented structure of that life. Talons When monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
lead them to a deadly location in the Mortuary, such as a crematorium. 3 A poshly dressed Duster wight asks the characters to help them write a eulogy that’s due in 10 minutes. 4 A friendly death dog
to expel a dybbuk† from a corpse. The exorcist asks the characters to help in dispatch the Fiend. 9 Two bards† in the Heralds of Dust approach the characters and sing a ballad honoring the dead. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
him and crept into his nursery on stormy nights to sing magical rhymes to him. She also placed the “spark of magic” in him, ensuring that he would become a spellcaster. Baba Lysaga’s unhealthy
goddess to afflict Queen Ravenovia with ill health and visit death upon her. Lysaga eventually got her wish, and after Strahd settled in the valley of Barovia, Lysaga moved as close to him as she dared to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Fifteen drow guards are scattered throughout the room. They defend this chamber to the death.
Giant Lizards. Two giant lizards fitted with saddles, reins, and stirrups are parked in the southeast
of Daggerford. The performers call themselves the Sing-Alongs, and they’re quite good. Vlonwelv makes sure that they’re fed and treated well; in exchange, they fill her hall with music. The members and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
some claim that these stories are fabrications and that Jaela is merely a figurehead for High Cardinal Krozen. The reclusive Krozen is a brilliant strategist and ruthless leader. Many believe that
Krozen was behind the death of Keeper Tagor in 992 YK, suggesting that he supported the child Keeper to solidify his own influence. Is Krozen the true power behind the Flame?
The church’s templars
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
to have transformed into a pillar of fire and vanished into the wind, but until her death is certain, the lektoi are reluctant to name a new monarch. Anax and Cymede have no children, so the king’s
, the flamespeakers are reclusive priests of Purphoros who revere nature spirits and who inhabit fiery rifts in the mountains. The ancient practice is viewed as primitive but powerful, and Akroans of any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
withdrew its gaze, smashed nearly all the viewing rods (every rod except the one to the Briny Pool), and fled this room. Yet the damage was done. Golcuus became increasingly reclusive and obsessive
armor so dried out that it’s cracked and peeling in strips.
This corpse was a daring githyanki thief who was killed by Golcuus’s death ray. The corpse has been here for years. Trapped Corpse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Villains 1d10 The Villain Is … 1 A reclusive noble who uses their vampiric reputation to terrorize their vassals. 2 A vain socialite who made a bargain with a fell power to retain their youth. 3 A
, Wererat 3 Vampire Familiar, Werewolf 4 Incubus, Strigoi,* Succubus 6 Priest of Osybus* 8 Inquisitor of the Mind Fire,* Inquisitor of the Sword,* Inquisitor of the Tome,* Vampire Nosferatu* 11 Efreeti 12 Mordenheim’s Monster* 13 Loup Garou,* Vampire 17 Death Knight *Detailed in chapter 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, he views them as dangerous and has them put to death immediately. If Ras Nsi learns that they’ve come to put an end to the death curse, he is intrigued. If they reveal that the cause lies in the Tomb
kill him. If the coup is thwarted, Fenthaza and her confederates are put to death. If the coup succeeds, Fenthaza concludes that the characters have outlived their usefulness and tries to eliminate them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
her unconscious body far from the kingdom’s shore to a secret grotto in which the reclusive medusa Euryale lived alone. Despite Euryale’s anxiety (she was painfully aware that even kind folk feared her
kingdom. Determined to rein in his wayward daughter, the king locked Asteria away in a keep and sentenced Euryale to death. Asteria, horrified, tried everything to save her dearest friend, but her pleas
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
saves is immune to this harpy’s song for the next 24 hours.
Taking glee in suffering and death, the sadistic harpy is always on the hunt for prey. Its sweet song has lured countless adventurers to
moved to tears. Following the music, she came upon a clearing where stood a handsome elf youth who had also paused to hear the bird’s song. This was Fenmarel Mestarine, a reclusive elf god. His divine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
blissfully unaware of the party’s intrusion or show no interest in the characters. A shy or reclusive archfey might not want to be disturbed at all. How and when the archfey crosses paths with the
. 4 Madcap. The archfey loves to sing, dance, drink, wear silly masks, do cartwheels, and throw parties where everyone is free to cavort and revel how they wish. 5 Mercurial. The archfey has two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
memories of his past, especially events tied to lost kin, great deeds, or monumental failures. When dwarves drink in a group, this effect spreads among them. The clan might joyfully sing of triumph as they
reminisce over the defeat of a dragon, or weep as they recall the death of a beloved elder.
In contrast to clan gatherings, dwarves who drink alone invariably become morose and sullen — when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
merchant who loves to sing (despite being not particularly good at it)
13–15 Theodora Halvhrest. The lady of the house, who loves her family, gardening, and dancing
16–17 Dalk Dranzorg. A cruel
its own death or someone else’s visceral end.
20 The spirit is soundlessly ambushed by shadowy limbs that drag it into the floor or walls.
Nightmares Whenever the party takes a long rest in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
fight to the death, your players might get bored and miss out on some fun roleplaying opportunities. Whenever possible, reward players for being clever. For example, characters who disturb the ankhegs
Harbin Wester to collect a reward of 50 gp.” If the characters undertake this quest, see “Dwarven Excavation.” Gnomengarde Quest. “A clan of reclusive rock gnomes resides in a small network of caves in