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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the cauldron except those that are attuned to it become frozen in time. A time-frozen creature is incapacitated, can’t move or speak, doesn’t age, and is unaware of its surroundings or the
climbing meet eight dead and falling Eight snakes sneak under eight bats screaming Eight eyes open, always dreaming All on the cauldron that is ever seeming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
fireworks. 2 Spectral images of screaming mages or terrible beasts swirl in a whirlwind. 3 Electricity flashes, flames ignite, and the air smells acrid. 4 Purple smoke billows into a vortex. 5 A geyser of
, Poisoned
Senses Blindsight 60 ft.; Passive Perception 9
Languages Understands Common plus one other language but can’t speak
CR 6 (XP 2,300; PB +3)
Traits
Magic Resistance. The eddy has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
courts and other settings of power. Speak up! It’s really hard to hear you over the screaming. Nope. It’s no use. I’ll have to stop the screaming. Disintegrations all around, then.
College of
15th level. Words of Terror At 3rd level, you learn to infuse innocent-seeming words with an insidious magic that can inspire terror. If you speak to a humanoid alone for at least 1 minute, you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Issar does not deign to speak to the captives under his command. Instead, he’s chosen a Chultan boy named Khoti to translate his subtle, unspoken gestures. A twitch of the tail could be interpreted as an
healthy, but their wills have been broken by mental trauma and tranquilizing drugs. Their emotions surface only during rest, when the dreams of the Night Serpent wrench them screaming from their troubled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
rests open atop a wooden lectern bolted to the floor. Set into the wall behind the lectern are eight human skeletons, arranged so that they appear to be falling and screaming.
The skeletons are
“Spider Fan Trap” below). Nursery Rhyme Book Any character who understands the Infernal tongue can translate the hags’ nursery rhyme as follows: Page 1: Backward, backward, eight to one.
Page 2: Speak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. The self-proclaimed Math Wizard is a friendly duodrone. The Math Wizard speaks both Common and Modron. The ten monodrones speak Modron only and are indifferent toward passengers. Each one holds a
solution is uncountable, they scramble in circles while screaming in existential terror for a few moments before calmly returning to their positions. Chalkboard The chalkboard is covered with equations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
warlock. Standard Dark Spellcaster Franchise Rules
No summoning circles in the bathroom. No “tentacle talk” during mealtimes. You must wear a gag at bedtime. That constant screaming makes it hard for
lawful leaves a lot of wiggle room. The Fiend When people speak of doing deals with the darkness, you know just what they’re talking about. As a warlock of the Fiend, you have a ton of experience
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
earlier took a cutting from the shambling mound’s root stem, binding it to her service. If a character uses a speak with plants spell to communicate with the shambling mound, it tells the character that
score of 10 and the ability to speak Common. Their names are Essaveth, Jahassi, and Sinius. They act as watchdogs, but they won’t climb stairs. If one of these snakes is wounded, it slithers into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
abruptly stops screaming. A brief moment of lucidity replaces his terror, even as his eyes roll back into his head in some kind of bizarre euphoria as he goes limp and slowly sinks back down into the fungal
prepared. She doesn’t move, although she can speak and use her other abilities. Her bridesmaids attempt to chase off intruders, wailing and scolding them about how it is unlucky for them to see the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
speak with dead or similar magic. Jarme’s Last Message Trantor also volunteers that Jarme spent his last days of life covering the walls of his cell with drawings, etched with a cast-off lump of
. Constant screaming and cursing from the cells combines with an overpowering stench of unwashed bodies, filth, mildew, and rotting straw. Each character must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution check or gain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
character retreats into his or her mind and becomes paralyzed. The effect ends if the character takes any damage. 21–30 The character becomes incapacitated and spends the duration screaming, laughing, or
a saving throw against the confusion spell. The confusion effect lasts for 1 minute. 91–95 The character loses the ability to speak. 96–100 The character falls unconscious. No amount of jostling or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
takes any damage. 21-30 The character becomes incapacitated and spends the duration screaming, laughing, or weeping. 31-40 The character becomes frightened and must use his or her action and movement
character loses the ability to speak. 96-100 The character falls unconscious. No amount of jostling or damage can wake the character. Indefinite Madness d100 Flaw (lasts until cured) 01-15 "Being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
control of the Lower Planes. One of these battles pitted the legions of the archdevil Glasya against the screaming hordes of the demon lord Graz’zt. It is said that Glasya wounded Graz’zt with her sword
charmed, frightened, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages understands Abyssal but can’t speak
Challenge 1 (200 XP)
Rampage. When it reduces a creature to 0 hit points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
flee from eight rats scavenging
Eight toads climbing meet eight dead and falling
Eight snakes sneak under eight bats screaming
Eight eyes open, always dreaming
All on the cauldron that is
), all creatures within 1,000 feet of the cauldron except those that are attuned to it become frozen in time. A time-frozen creature is incapacitated, can’t move or speak, doesn’t age, and is unaware of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
to those who defy the dragon’s rule. Speaking with Brandle. If a character casts Speak with Dead, the gruff-voiced skull of Captain Brandle answers questions as best it can. Brandle knows that
. “Now, are you going to run screaming from my lair, or should we have some fun before I kill you?”
Captain Sablewing is an Adult Black Dragon. Three Darkmantles hang like stalactites from the cavern’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
figures ripping apart a fifth figure, who is screaming. Characters who inspect the tapestry without touching it notice yellow mold growing around its edges. In fact, a 5-foot-square patch of yellow mold
. South Door. This door bears a carving of Myrkul, the neutral evil Lord of Bones. He is portrayed as a cloaked figure whose face is hidden under a cowl. In his skeletal hands, he clutches a screaming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. The Day of Mourning caused her to remain asleep in this chamber. She is a neutral good ghost who can speak Common; she can also communicate telepathically within a range of 30 feet. If Alamar-Vatashi
turn to the party, revealing ghostly, screaming skulls instead of faces. The soldiers are three hostile wights. Three will-o’-wisps, previously invisible, appear at the start of combat and fight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
climbs the high tower (area K18) until it reaches the peak (area K59), then hurls itself down the tower’s central shaft (area K18a), screaming, “I can fly!” the whole way down. Crypt 5 Artank Swilovich
put to it, as though a speak with dead spell had been cast on it. This property recharges each day at dawn. In life, Stefan was neither observant nor well informed. If the skull is questioned about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
he is freed, Therzt babbles about the weakness he demonstrated in being captured and declares that he must die. As an action, Therzt casts Melf’s acid arrow on himself while screaming his devotion to
fight if he is freed. Treasure. Thutai wears bracers of defense and has spell scrolls of remove curse and speak with dead . Keys. Thutai has a glyph key attuned to every zone in this sector, as well as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
21l. After showing the characters to their quarters, the goblin tells them where they can buy adventuring gear (area 21a) and rations (area 21t). 21o. Goblin Orphanage The sound of screaming goblin
speak with Preeta Kreepa, a strange creature that has lived in Stromkuhldur since before the goblinoids came (see area 21m). The building is empty except for a large bed covered with furs. Azrok and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
someone tries to take it, the ghost of a duergar treasure hunter named Reulek appears and uses his Horrifying Visage, screaming, “Thieves! Learn from my folly! Even in death, the dwarves of Besilmer guard
they open their eyes and move. To cross the bridge without rousing the galeb duhrs, someone among the passersby must speak the cult’s pass phrase: “We walk in the shadow of Ogrémoch!” Otherwise, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
each creature can gain only once every 24 hours. Demitasse, the only animated object on the cart that can speak, is impeccably polite and treats guests with respect. As tea is served, it compliments
the characters on their appearance, their manners, or whatever else it thinks might make them happy. Characters who speak to Demitasse about Zybilna learn the following information: Zybilna is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
breach of contract let the devils haul him screaming into the Nine Hells. Since then, the mansion’s hungry traps and shape-changing powers have lain dormant. Recently, however, a group of cultists
priceless library of war-related texts, and more. Rumors also speak of the Fist’s treasury, kept in a lead-lined vault somewhere beneath the Officers’ Tower and surrounded by yards of solid stone, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
devils Kyrix and Valisog. For years Mandorcai upheld his side of the contract by bringing the fiends mortal sacrifices, until an accidental breach of contract let the devils haul him screaming into
also speak of the Fist’s treasury, kept in a lead-lined vault somewhere beneath the Officers’ Tower and surrounded by yards of solid stone, the secret doors leading to its vaults hidden by clever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
area B8) 8–20 None B21. Screaming Statues This cavern has formations of flowstone, stalagmites, and stalactites everywhere. A stone building is anchored in the north wall, and a stone door stands in a
forefingers, or if they speak the pass phrase “I serve the Black Earth,” the golem allows them to continue. Otherwise, it attacks. West Tunnel. The passage to the west leads to area E5 in the Temple of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
but is a Construct. This central statue controls the two cobra statues; each cobra statue uses the spirit naga stat block but is a Construct. The statues speak Common. The statues are hostile toward
river of screaming souls flowing through a ravaged landscape. Instead of handles, the doors bear a trio of concentric, rune-carved platinum circles that can be rotated. At the circles’ center is an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
characters can move around without drawing attention to themselves. Ironbeard and Rizwin are both here, and the characters can speak to them to try to pick up clues as to the location of the orrery
chaos dies down.
Amara’s Secret. If an item has been stolen, Amara’s secret triggers and she races to get her battleaxe from the gift table. She then begins searching for the culprit and screaming






