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Orientation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

the Biblioplex, read or paraphrase the following: Majestic marble archways, tomes seemingly stacked for miles, and the infectious energy of hundreds of young adults fill the Biblioplex, the grand

, make sure they see other new students engaging in their own versions of the scavenger hunt, each unique to that set of students (see “Orientation Challenge” later in this chapter).

Starting the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

from other D&D worlds include the Free City of Greyhawk on Oerth, the city of Specularum on Mystara, and the city of Sharn on Eberron. To get things rolling, read or paraphrase the following

introductory text to the players: For the past several days, the talk of the streets and taverns has all been about the so-called death curse: a wasting disease afflicting everyone who’s ever been raised from

Statistics

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer

other companions, and helps ensure companions never outshine the characters. As somewhat more social versions of wild creatures, companions are often cleverer and more versatile than their untamed

companion can’t read, speak, or write any language, even if similar creatures normally can. Proficiency Bonus Because a companion’s effectiveness and survivability depend on the training and

Aboleth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

from their subjects. When they consume other creatures, aboleths add the knowledge and experiences of their prey to their eternal memories. Aboleths use their telepathic powers to read the minds of

Constitution saving throw or become diseased. The disease has no effect for 1 minute and can be removed by any magic that cures disease. After 1 minute, the diseased creature’s skin becomes translucent

Introduction: How to Use a Monster

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

New in the 2025 Version? This is the 2025 version of the fifth edition Monster Manual. If you’ve read the 2014 version, much of this book will feel familiar, since the fundamental rules and variety

of monsters are the same. Much of the book contains new or redesigned elements, and the monsters herein replace versions from older books. Here are highlights: More Monsters. The number of monsters

Chapter 6: Bestiary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

bestiary has new versions of githyanki and githzerai that supplement the Monster Manual entries for those creatures. This chapter is a continuation of the Monster Manual and adopts a similar presentation

. If you are unfamiliar with the monster stat block format, read the introduction of the Monster Manual before proceeding further. It explains stat block terminology and gives rules for various monster

Hollow

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Hollow When characters approach Hollow, read the following description: A decrepit town spreads out along the road ahead, its weathered shacks creaking in the wind. A dozen or so armed figures move

the mine and the township. He talks of hearing reports of a disease festering in town and says he plans to burn the abandoned houses to prevent it from spreading. He is dismissive of any suggestion

Warforged Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

poison damage. You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe. You are immune to disease. You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep. Sentry’s Rest. When you take a long rest, you must spend at

this way. While you live, your armor can’t be removed from your body against your will. Specialized Design. You gain one skill proficiency and one tool proficiency of your choice. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.

Stage 4: Revenge for the “C” Team

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

pulses from the four open bedroom doors above the bar. This version of the Test Market is empty except for the rooms rented by the “C” Team. When the characters make their way to the second floor, read

different versions of the Test Market than those seen by the characters, which they talk about if asked (see “Additional Stages” below for inspiration). If they don’t presently return to the same

Barbarian: Path of the Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

, taking on forms that evoke the glory of giants. Some barbarians look like oversized versions of themselves, perhaps with a hint of elemental energy flaring in their eyes and around their weapons

Giant’s Power 3rd-Level Path of the Giant Feature When you choose this path, you learn to speak, read, and write Giant or one other language of your choice if you already know Giant. Additionally

Occultant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

living and the dead Position Proficiency: In addition to the proficiencies noted below, you can add your proficiency bonus to an ability check to intimidate a creature close to death, assess what disease

or poison killed a creature, or explain what that dead body is doing under your bed at the inn. The Occultant Franchise Rank Features 1 Proficiencies and Starting Equipment, Read the Kill

Things to Do in Tavick's Landing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Walls alone holds more Cyran refugees than Karrnath has allowed across its borders. If you read the Sharn Inquisitive or the Korranberg Chronicle, you’ve heard the endless litany of how difficult life

is, tales of overcrowding, starvation, and disease. Although we at the Voice of Breland sympathize with all who suffer, we refuse to ignore the deadly threat in our midst. The majority of Cyrans who

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

despair, to let a disease break your spirit as it tries to kill everyone it touches. Well, f*** that. We might not have the magic bullet that puts cancer away for good, but we’re getting there. Your support

thus worthy of cautious respect, if not fear. Read on and learn that perhaps the derision leveled at these fiends reflects only the fear and trepidation of those who would mock them. And perhaps if

Obviator

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

an enemy’s tactics, discern a hidden threat, or intimidate a foe whose weaknesses you have previously assessed (see “Read the Opposition” below). The Obviator Franchise Rank Features 1

Proficiencies and Starting Equipment, Read the Opposition 2 Alchemist’s Insight, Obviator’s Lenses 3 Advanced Preparations, Travel Alchemical Kit 4 Enhanced Lenses, Obviate the

Stage 1: The Dran & Courtier?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

versions. The multifaceted extradimensional nature of the Dran & Courtier makes it an ideal location for the Orrery of the Wanderer to channel the extraplanar magic of the Six’s ritual. A convenient number

versions of the Test Market, making them even more dangerous than usual — including one version that has already defeated the “C” Team. Map 6.1 shows the layout of this episode’s Test Market versions of the

D: Sunward Fortress

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

the phenomenon. He ordered a bozak draconian named Virruza to stay behind and claim the Spawning Shard’s magic in the Dragon Queen’s name. Approaching the Fortress Read the following when the

: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage. If the target is a Humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease—a minuscule slaad egg. A

Tresendar Manor Dungeon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

of the stairs, read: The door at the bottom of the stairs opens atop a set of double stairs that descend, north and south, about ten feet into a cellar. At the west end of that room, a cistern full of

clear water bubbles lazily. A door on the cellar’s west wall is ajar. Cistern. Operatives of the Six tainted the cistern here. The water might appear pure, but it’s teeming with a magical disease

Sparkrender's Ritual

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

area D2, they have been replaced by even cruder versions created in a hurry.) Read the following text: Streams of colored light swirl through the air around the golden statue in the ruined rotunda. Each

Battle Prawn Challenge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

were voted best dish during a festival competition last year. This challenge, held in the northern event tent, tests participants’ inventiveness and versatility as they prepare giant versions of his

. Battle Arena Map 2.2: market challengesView Player Version Sid’s assistants lead participating characters into the main part of the tent. The arena is depicted on map 2.2. Read or paraphrase the

Unseen Order

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

on a table to make their guesses. Give the players a copy of Unseen Order Handouts 1 and 2, then read the following boxed text aloud: A long table fills the center of this chamber. On the table is a

Order Handout 1 Diagram 4.3: Unseen Order Handout 2 Puzzle Features The cards on the table are nonmagical versions of those from the Deck of Many Things. If the characters struggle to understand the

55. Unkh's Tomb

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

.) Brave Kubazan urges his host to inspect the maze carving and be the first one to touch it. Maze When the wall carving is examined, read: The intricate carving shifts before your eyes, its

, characters in the maze can see giant, distorted versions of any creatures standing within 10 feet of the wall carving, but they can’t hear anything outside the maze. The configuration of the maze

Couatl

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

sustenance, even surviving without air, but these creatures can die of disease or the passage of time. A couatl can sense its end up to a century beforehand, but it has no insight into the manner of

sense its emotions, read its thoughts, or detect its location. Actions Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5) piercing damage, and the target must succeed

Secondary Tables

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

in time you fully recovered. 31–40 You contracted a disease while exploring a filthy warren. You recovered from the disease, but you have a persistent cough, pockmarks on your skin, or prematurely gray

contained. 6 You were affected by teleportation magic. 7 You turned invisible for a time. 8 You identified an illusion for what it was. 9 You saw a creature being conjured by magic. 10 Your fortune was read

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

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, and you are its familiar. If destroyed, it reappears in 1d4 hours. 18 While you are afflicted by a disease or suffering the poisoned or frightened condition, whenever you hit a humanoid with a

melee attack, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, you transfer the disease or the condition to the target, and the disease or condition ends for you. Water

Slanty Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

location while exploring. The tower tilts severely to one side, kept from falling over by magic. When the characters arrive, read: A crumbling stone tower rises out of the swamp, leaning at such an angle

that look like tiny versions of herself. Bavlorna has two sisters whom she loathes. Together, the three hags form the Hourglass Coven. Using an artifact called Iggwilv’s Cauldron, the coven has frozen

Loremonger

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

poison and disease, find traps, identify, or locate animals or plants. This property of the whisper jar can’t be used again until the next dawn. Why Be a Loremonger? d8 Reason 1 Your

is only as good as their word, and you feel compelled to keep others honest. 8 You can’t read or write, so this whole recording-and-playing-back-what-you-say-in-a-jar thing is a huge benefit.

Hollow Mine Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

mine, read the following text: The mine’s entrance leads into a large cavern supported by wooden beams. At the chamber’s center, a derelict wooden elevator rattles in the wind that rushes from the

characters can see into this area, read the following: The floor of this chamber is slick with blood. Two of three tables have growling corpses strapped to them. A frenzied woman brandishes a knife as she

Island Theme

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

of the island might speak, read, and write a language all their own. Alien Island Leader d4 Leader 1 Aboleth 2 Beholder 3 Death slaad 4 Kraken Alien Island Inhabitants d6 Inhabitants 1 1d6

to the Far Realm. 3 The island’s leader knows how to end a planar disease infecting a humanoid settlement. 4 A mage with information the characters need hides among the ranks of the inhabitants

Crystal Caves Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Ghost Orchid Tepui before opening into a larger chamber. Read the following description when the characters enter the cavern: Glowing crystals speckle this cavern’s walls like stars in the night sky

Feywild creature, not a natural snake, and that the skin has become riddled with disease as it rotted. C2: Meditation Nook Several sleeping mats circle an empty firepit in this small side cave. Upon a

Supernatural Regions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

and structures in this region writhe to spell out words and form strange symbols. Any creature that tries to read the messages must make a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a success, the

rot disease (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) from minute parasites. 66–70 Dung-colored bugs cover the ground. Creatures that move at half their normal walking speed can ignore the bugs. Those that move

Temples of Extraction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

transmuter (see appendix B) works here, with a wight leading two sentient gray oozes and two sentient ochre jellies to guard her. Sentient oozes are the same as normal versions of such monsters, except

the mist becomes immune to its effects for 4 hours. Chosen of Yurtrus. The Chosen of Yurtrus is a neutral evil male orc named Bandagh. Yurtrus is the orc deity of disease, decay, rot, and death. Orcs

The End of the World

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

The End of the World This is it! The showdown with Splugoth! The moment of truth as the characters battle for control of the orrery and try to stop the world’s end! The read-aloud text below assumes

subconscious, the ritual manifests the most terrifying figures the characters can think of — their bosses. At the start of combat, wraithlike Far Realm versions of Omin Dran, Jim Darkmagic, Môrgæn, and Viari

Stage 3: Feeling Small

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

. Splugoth’s Bargain When the characters have had a bit of time to adjust to their diminutive state, read: A loud voice calls from above, dripping with disdain. “Hello there, members of Acquisitions

versions of the Test Market. Advancing to Stage 4 Shortly after finding Propha, reality shimmers around the characters and they are returned to the default inn of stage 1. The characters are once again

Necropolis Locations (Y10-Y18)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

tower’s roof is missing. A detect magic spell cast here reveals an aura of divination magic. When the characters reach the top floor of the spire, read: Large gashes in the roof allow you to see the

touch the telescope or damage it further, the slaad goes crazy and attacks them. If they merely want to read the inscription on the wall fragment that crashed through the roof, the slaad leaves them alone

Locations on the Grove Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

the elixir exposes the drinker to the same disease that the diseased rat might impart with its bite, except the initial saving throw DC is 15. Northeast Chamber. Extra weapon stores include five

. Investigating. Viewed in white light, the circular tile is red. A detect magic spell can reveal that the tile and statue give off an aura of transmutation. The runes on the tile’s inner edge read, in

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