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Mind Domain

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often associated with the Path of Light or the Riedran Path of Inspiration, followers of the daelkyr can also master this power. Visions of Xoriat can drive a priest to madness, but they can also reveal deadly secrets of the mind.

Aasimar Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

receives visions and guidance from celestial entities via dreams. These dreams help shape an aasimar, granting a sense of destiny and a desire for righteousness. Each aasimar can count a specific

;provides guidance to the aasimar, though this connection functions only in dreams. As such, the guidance is not a direct command or a simple spoken word. Instead, the aasimar receives visions, prophecies

Reborn Legacy

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

sensations or visions of the past to come rushing back. Rather than sleeping, reborn regularly sit and dwell on the past, hoping for some revelation of what came before. Most of the time, these are dark

Domains of Dread (detailed in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft): Har’Akir. You died and endured the burial rites of this desert realm, yet somehow a soul—yours or another’s&mdash

Ashen Grotto

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

their dead to be interred within this nexus of giants’ magic. Many giants hold strong beliefs and taboos about the grotto. Some might put aside a deadly enmity with their rivals to defend it against

intruders. Others might refuse to enter for any reason other than during funerary rites to inter a family member’s remains. Remains laid to rest within the grotto remain peaceful, and the power of the cave is anathema to Undead.

Location Overview

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

deadly to vessels traveling the coast. Now the cultists of Talos collect the goods from the wrecked ships to fund their operation. They imprison survivors from the wrecks to sell as slaves, to die in

the twisted rites that honor their violent god, or to feed the monsters that share the caves with them.

Y5. Wall of Fog

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

be real. The image tantalizes him. Any creature that enters the deadly fog is subject to its effects (see the “Mists of Ravenloft” section in chapter 2). If the characters ask an NPC spellcaster about

this part of the wall of fog, that person might relate an ancient legend about it. According to the mountain folk of Barovia, there was always a wall of mist near Yester Hill, even before the deadly

Current Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

the peace. Six months ago, an insidious new threat began to grow in the area, unsuspected by the locals or any passing adventurers. Dreams and visions drew four elemental prophets, one by one, to the

, eager to build a place where they could openly practice their vile rites. Others were brutal thugs, power-hungry dabblers in forbidden magic, or fanatics lured by the call of evil. At first the

Feygrove

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

of Ioun, once sacred to the knights who dwelled here. Those who drank directly from the font received visions of the past and future from this god of knowledge. Good characters who drink from the font

might receive a vision; roll on the Visions of Ioun table below. Visions of Ioun 1d6 Vision 1 Minotaurs dig beneath the hill and build a temple to Bahamut and other gods. 2 Minotaurs clad in the

Pharika as Campaign Villain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

has hundreds of ongoing schemes and experiments, any number of which might come to fruition in the near future. The Pharika’s Divine Schemes table describes several ways her deadly plans might

elixirs meant to restore their lost memories. Although this works as intended for a rare few, most of the Returned instead experience traumatic visions that drive them to violence. 3 Medusas the

Khyber's Influence in Khorvaire

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

sewers. Stop the spread of a deadly drug or strange disease flowing from a well tied to Khyber. Khyber is an ever-present threat. Any deep passage could connect to a realm of fiends or spew out an army

, casting visions of distant places directly into the wielder’s mind. Items recovered from fiendish demiplanes might be constructed from standard materials but have a sinister aspect or appearance, such

Adventures in Kalakeri

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

secrets of lost rulers to the practices of forbidden magical sects. Without a steady, reliable presence on the throne, ancient cults, deadly beasts, and opportunistic demagogues are free to unleash

. With constant upheaval, no one has performed the rites necessary to placate what dwells in the deep. 4 Dozens of servants were hired to help host a grand gala thrown by Arijani. The event was

Cult of the Crushing Wave

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Cult of the Crushing Wave Cultists of the Crushing Wave worship the awesome power of water, from the surging tides and deadly maelstroms of the sea to the raging torrents of rivers in flood and the

examples of human flotsam and teach them about the power of the sea. Gar’s visions led him to the secret waters beneath the Sumber Hills. He found a hidden cavern temple, on whose altar lay a powerful

People of Setessa

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

exploits, while men do so by finding their own way in the world. As a result, the polis is populated mostly by women and children. When young men reach the age of fourteen, their rites of passage

, and Kallias of Ophis Tower. The fifth member is Silverbrow, a centaur oracle who reads the Kelema Veil at the Nexuses of the Seasons and advises action based on her visions. Anthousa is the head of the

Gold Dragon Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

the dragon’s territory, which holds a deadly artifact at its center. 5 A gold dragon has decided to burn a plague- infected city to the ground, sacrificing the residents to limit the contagion’s

androsphinx, one of the few creatures able to successfully bluff the dragon. 5 An adult gold dragon living in a desert temple helps some elf oracles interpret visions bestowed by an artifact called the

Pharika's Champions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

to a rare toxin granted you visions of Pharika, and you have sought her wisdom ever since. 3 Your medical attention proved crucial to a stranger’s survival, and now your acquaintances

a deadly classroom, and students need an expert guide to survive. (Neutral) Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Pharika when you expand the god’s influence in the world in

Ancient Being

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

monolith or a specific grave, for instructions. 4 Visions. Your patron doesn’t use intermediaries, instead speaking to you in dreams, omens, or visions. The being appears in your mind as you sleep, taking

stores their secrets in a mind vault on the Astral Plane. That means they can’t be tricked or coerced into revealing anything, nor can their thoughts be read. You must find the vault and travel through the rival’s deadly memories to find the knowledge your patron desires.

Religious Order

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

symbol or druidic focus, even if it isn’t needed for spellcasting. Each of you also has a book containing prayers, rites, and scriptures of your faith. Proficiencies. Each member of your party gains

the order. 6 Prevent Prophecy. A rival order stands on the cusp of fulfilling a prophecy with deadly ramifications. You strive to undermine their blasphemous agenda.

Patrons in the Realms

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

soul of savagery and the wild. Hyrsam the Fool is a prankster and prone to mischief, but when such jokes turn vicious and deadly, Hyrsam the Savage is at play. The Queen of Air and Darkness rules the

following: Dendar the Night Serpent, Eater of the World, is said to be the spawn of the first nightmare, devourer of foul visions, and harbinger of the end of the world. Her warlocks frequently dream

Court of Orestes Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

count as difficult terrain. Amid the muck and gravel on the northern bank hides a deadly predator, an amphisbaena (see chapter 6). The serpent has concealed itself as it watches for prey, the mud

lid caked in crumbling candle wax and rotted offerings. Whatever rites were performed here were overseen by a larger-than-life statue in the alcove to the south, a sculpture depicting the upper body of

Daelkyr

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

lurk in the depths of Khyber. Avassh. The Twister of Roots devotes its attentions to plants. Avassh is said to be the source of shambling mounds and myconids, but any unnatural and deadly

the living artillery of the daelkyr forces, shattering hobgoblin armies with their deadly eye rays. When the Gatekeepers drove back and imprisoned the daelkyr, most of the beholders were driven into

Magical Phenomena

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

forces, the subsequent effects range from whimsical to deadly. Eldritch Storm Eldritch Storms When magical currents become trapped amid winds and clouds, eldritch storms can result. Flaywind

grants the creature truesight out to a range of 60 feet. The eye vanishes after 24 hours. Magic Mushrooms Magic Mushrooms Mushrooms can be deadly, delicious, or both. Some have magical

The Dark Seldarine

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

companion nearby to hold culpable for your crimes. Gossip can be as deadly as the venom on an assassin’s blade. Use the poison of words to destroy your rivals, that you may claim for yourself all they

Keptolo. But Vhaeraun represents a different aspect of drow masculinity: strong, silent, obedient, swift, and deadly. He is thought of as Lolth’s favored son, in contrast to Keptolo’s role as her beautiful

Lower Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

. Statues and roofs erode in a few decades unless protected by magic or alchemical treatment, and locals often bear scars from exposure to these portals and the deadly realms beyond. Lower Ward Encounters

released when the Athar carry out rites to destroy magic items created by priests of those they consider false gods. The divine energy concentrates within the tree and its fruit, which are the source of

Predator Pools

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

gate stands in the corridor that leads south to the Spawn Pools. Spawn Pools The Red Wizards refocused the magic of these once-deadly pools to spawn aquatic creatures under the supervision of a sea hag

tow. Part of the deal the Red Wizards struck with the sahuagin involves providing prisoners for dark rites and horrid meals. The magic of the black shrine keeps ten commoners standing around it in a

City Celebrations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

folk sip warmed ciders and broths (often laced with herbs for health and to bring on visions) and stay inside. They tell tales of what interested them or was important in the year just done, and discuss

honors the Lady of Joy with dances and balls throughout the city. Pink beverages, ranging from healthy juices to deadly strong intoxicants, are imbibed. The boom and crackle of smokepowder explosions go

Monastery Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

called “the Fane of the Eye” by powerful visions. There he found “Ironfang, the Holy Implement of Earth Power,” and took it for his own; Marlos established the Temple of Black Earth in the ruins of a

temple. It’s her job to use discipline and drudgery to make newcomers worthy servants of elemental earth. She speaks of Marlos Urnrayle with glowing praise and relates the story of his visions and his

Fortress Level 2

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

headbands and silver bracelets are performing a ritual over the eggs. Two sahuagin priestesses are conducting rites to Sekolah over the unhatched eggs. If the priestesses notice the party, they

weed has a 1 percent chance of instead becoming incapacitated for the duration of the plant’s effect. During this time it experiences terrifying visions of an enormous shark devouring great amounts of

Daoine Gloine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

beneath a deadly layer of clear gelatinous ooze — perfectly preserved, eerily staged, and utterly devoid of anything organic. The kenku that once occupied Daoine Gloine have all long been turned to glass or

bolted to the wall across from some sort of large glass device hints at the horrid rites that must once have taken place here. The wall murals can be deciphered with a successful DC 12 Wisdom

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

missing out on future contracts. Harborside Hospital Generations ago, an outbreak of extremely contagious dancing croup — a deadly plague that caused those afflicted to cough themselves to death even

parchment. Pulling it carefully away reveals a prophetic scene rendered in bloody sap. These arboreal visions of the future are often cryptic, yet inevitably come to pass. As much as the city’s elite would

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

outbreak of extremely contagious dancing croup — a deadly plague that caused those afflicted to cough themselves to death even as their limbs thrashed uncontrollably — caused many Baldurians to

sap. These arboreal visions of the future are often cryptic, yet inevitably come to pass. As much as the city’s elite would love to harness this power, anyone else attempting to peel the tree’s bark

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