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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
Magic Items
Tales from the Yawning Portal
DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana or History) check, the character recalls lore that says the duergar made several such whistles for various groups in an age past.
If you blow the whistle in darkness or
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, such as lore about demons. When you do so, double your proficiency bonus on that check.
Dark Speech. While you carry the Book of Vile Darkness and are attuned to it, you can use an action to recite
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
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
can't use this trait if she's incapacitated.
Shadow Step. When Rosie is in dim light or darkness, she can use a bonus action to teleport 60 feet to an unoccupied space she can see that is also in dim
light or darkness. She then has advantage on the first melee attack she makes before the end of the turn.
Innate Spellcasting. Rosie's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12). She can
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
demons. When you do so, double your proficiency bonus on that check.
Dark Speech. While you carry the Book of Vile Darkness and are attuned to it, you can use an action to recite words from its pages in a
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
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Living Shadow. While in dim light or darkness
, the dragon has resistance to damage that isn’t force, psychic, or radiant.
Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the dragon can take the Hide action as a bonus action.
Sunlight
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
Astral Plane and find their way onto the various worlds of the Material Plane, where brains are much more abundant. A neh-thalggu has a bulbous body and six legs resembling those of a crustacean. Four
Monsters
Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
, mending
1st level (4 slots): charm person, detect magic, expeditious retreat, sleep
2nd level (3 slots): darkness, invisibility,suggestion
3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, protection from energy
dragon’s lair take on dazzlingly brilliant hues.
Within its lair, the dragon can set illusory sounds, such as soft music and strange echoes, so that they can be heard in various parts of the lair
Compendium
- 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
The Cause of Righteousness A paladin swears to uphold justice and righteousness, to stand with the good things of the world against the encroaching darkness, and to hunt the forces of evil wherever
they lurk. Different paladins focus on various aspects of the cause of righteousness, but all are bound by the oaths that grant them power to do their sacred work. Although many paladins are devoted to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
The Cause of Righteousness A paladin swears to uphold justice and righteousness, to stand with the good things of the world against the encroaching darkness, and to hunt the forces of evil wherever
they lurk. Different paladins focus on various aspects of the cause of righteousness, but all are bound by the oaths that grant them power to do their sacred work. Although many paladins are devoted to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Chapter 2: Into Darkness Once the adventurers escape from Velkynvelve, they’ll want to escape the Underdark. Already miles beneath the surface, they must make their way through an endless maze of
. This chapter presents guidelines for the characters’ travels between the various Underdark locales detailed in the other chapters of Out of the Abyss. Specific areas (including the Darklake region in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
is filled with dim light. If the sunlight zone is filled with dim light or darkness, the twilight zone is dark. Midnight Zone. Any depth below 1,000 feet is considered the midnight zone, since no
objects not made to withstand the water pressure are destroyed at various depths, as determined by the material used to create them. This destructive depth is presented for various materials on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
runes. If a character succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana or History) check, the character recalls lore that says the duergar made several such whistles for various groups in an age past. If you
blow the whistle in darkness or under the night sky, it allows you to cast the animate dead spell. The target can be affected through up to 10 feet of soft earth or similar material, and if it is, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Interior Features Map 4.1 shows a cross-section of the scab interior, the features of which are as follows: Darkness. The scab contains no light sources unless the text states otherwise. The demons
. Unless noted otherwise, tunnels are 10 feet wide. At various points, the ceilings are so low that Medium characters must crawl to pass underneath them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
the shadows and rarely return. Those who do tell of a malicious darkness beneath the domain, a cacophony of hateful voices, and shadows that hunger. Hidden amid ruins spilling into the chasm is the home
spectral elves reenact and recite Soth’s great failures. Sorrow A hidden prison for the living guarded by the dead, Sorrow accepts mysterious transfers from beyond the Mists. Many thought dead in other
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Basic Rules (2014)
darkness, and to hunt the forces of evil wherever they lurk. Different paladins focus on various aspects of the cause of righteousness, but all are bound by the oaths that grant them power to do their
darkness.
Whatever their origin and their mission, paladins are united by their oaths to stand against the forces of evil. Whether sworn before a god’s altar and the witness of a priest, in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
corpses that fill the room to a depth of 6 feet and make the area difficult terrain. As needed, Acererak’s magic draws new corpses here from graveyards across the world, all in various states of decay
resets. Pulling the lever in the left nostril causes the mouth of the devil face to open wide, revealing a gullet filled with impenetrable darkness that pulls in everything in the room. Initiative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
immune to the planes’ effects. The Planar Effects table contains effects for various planes of existence on the train’s current route. Unless otherwise noted, each effect lasts until the train leaves
normally patrol the outside of the train lock themselves in compartments for safety until the train leaves the plane. 5 Pandemonium. Howling darkness surrounds the train. Creatures outside the train are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Adamantine Tower The adventurers come across a tower haunted by forces of darkness. Vaulted chambers bristle with stalactites and stalagmites, slowing your passage as you wend your way across uneven
darkness.
The square tower is twenty feet on a side and thirty feet high, with arrow slits in each wall. A battlement crowns its top, with a stone gargoyle peering over each side. Set into the middle of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
family to various and nefarious halfling criminal enterprises. Naturally, Rosie knows nothing about any of that. Sure, her nickname is “Grandmother Night,” but that probably doesn’t mean anything
succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if she fails. She can’t use this trait if she’s incapacitated.
Shadow Step. When Rosie is in dim light or darkness, she can use a bonus action to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
3. The Boneyard As the characters emerge into this area, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: This area extends well beyond where you can see, stretching into the darkness. Thousands of
of the Sea of Fallen Stars. Treasure. If all of the corpses are thoroughly searched, they have a combined stash of 250 gp and 500 sp. Additionally, there are 1d10 pearls (worth 25 gp each) that adorn various earrings, necklaces, and the odd bellybutton piercing.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
damage. Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray. Fey
beings who cavorted on various planes of existence, changing their physical forms at will. Outside the glory of Arvandor, their favorite place was the Feywild—a realm of unbridled passion. It was to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
trade with various races of the Underdark near the Darklake, in addition to providing ferry service and navigation.
Organizations: Two major shrines and several other minor ones.
Sloobludop is a kuo
-toa village on the eastern edge of the Darklake. From a distance, it looks like a massive tangle of reeds stretching up into the darkness, lit by glowing spots of phosphorescence. Upon closer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, Keresta laughs and says that Shar’s darkness consumes all things in the end. If reduced to 0 hit points, Keresta turns to mist and retreats to her resting place in area 31 (via area 30). In mist
Ward). Written around them are the names of various clerics and paladins of Lathander and Selûne whom Keresta plans to assassinate.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, perhaps on an airship (likely paid for by Germaine whose Kundarak account is flush with Boromar gold) or a lightning rail. For characters who are Sharn natives, provide a brief description of various
following boxed text to the players: As darkness descends on the city, you see windows light up the towers around you from bottom to top. A cool wind whisks between you, drowning out the other noises
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Greyhawk The gods of Greyhawk come from at least four different pantheons, representing the faiths of the various ethnic groups that populated the continent of Oerik over the ages. As a result
Knowledge Circle at the center of a starburst of lines Tharizdun, god of eternal darkness CE Trickery Dark spiral or inverted ziggurat Trithereon, god of liberty and retribution CG War Triskelion Ulaa
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
to this new world, or are you doing your best to learn the ways of this strange realm?
Why Did You Leave? You began your life as a servant of darkness. Have you embraced the light? Are you fighting
dragonshard deposits buried in the Wastes. To date, it has survived the Carrion Tribes and the malefic horrors of the Wastes, but few believe it will last. Desolate Known at various times as Greenholt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
erinyes who recently helped an efreeti named Vrakir get his hands on the Book of Vile Darkness. Speaking with this prisoner might kick off “Fire and Darkness,” another adventure in this book. The
. 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->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Monastic Orders The following orders can be found in various parts of the Forgotten Realms. The Dark Moon A monastic order devoted to Shar, the Dark Moon works openly in lands where her worship is
accepted and in secret wilderness and underground hideaways where it isn’t. Its followers seek “knowledge and conversation with the shadow,” believing true wisdom is found in darkness and loss, both
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
and with various means of activation. Even those who have read scholarly books about hag lore can’t predict what a particular hag might have up her sleeve. A grandmother or some other hag of great
blackness equivalent to darkness (a 2nd-level spell). A hag carefully shepherds her use of weird magic because the items in her repertoire are often impossible to duplicate or replace. To reflect this fact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. These paths lie beyond lands controlled by the poleis and other civilized beings. Dark caves with tunnels leading down into darkness and rivers quietly lapping at fog-shrouded gravel shores give way
various wards (see chapter 3), and where the object of their quest ended up. Oracles of any of the gods might aid in divining these details, but those likely to be the most precise—followers of Erebos
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the table describe the various contracts and the means by which they can be destroyed and voided. Contract Forms d6 Contract Form
1 Baby dolls
2 Damned wretch
3 Infernal scroll
4 Lemure kiss
5 Song of the devil
6 Written in stone
Baby Dolls. The devil produces two baby dolls made of dirty rags or rotting wood. The dolls recite the deal in high-pitched
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
unexpected presence in the darkness. The remnants of a rockfall have opened up a small vaulted cavern along the passageway. Apart from the occasional glowing insect scuttling along the walls, the cavern is
Hallen, leads the Dark Hunters — drow explorers who steal purple worm eggs. These eggs are prized by wizards, who use them in various arcane rituals. Hanne was on her first egg run with her mother’s team