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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.
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, sleep deprivation, and the endless demands of terrified troops and civilians drive her toward outbursts of paranoia and violence.
Drakov’s Domain
Falkovnia is altered by Drakov’s
domain. Falkovnia’s borders are usually closed, but they open one week every month starting on the night of the new moon.
Endless War. Whenever a creature other than Drakov or her allies finishes a
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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
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gained. Rather, the vast majority of warlocks spend their days in active pursuit of their goals, which typically means some kind of adventuring. Furthermore, the demands of their patrons drive
determine how big a part your pact will play in your character’s adventuring career. Your patron’s demands might drive you into adventures, or they might consist entirely of small favors you can
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
with fear or suspicion, and rippling in side-to-side waves with amusement or joy.
Visions in Starlight
Many crystal dragons study the stars, recording their observations of the night sky and tracking
drive the yetis out.
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An adult crystal dragon and an elf archmage have been friends for centuries and often go stargazing together on the peaks of their favorite mountains, but the dragon is
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her holy symbol as light pours from it to drive back the zombies crowding in on her companions.
Clerics are intermediaries between the mortal world and the distant planes of the gods. As varied as the
to those chosen to fulfill a high calling.
Harnessing divine magic doesn’t rely on study or training. A cleric might learn formulaic prayers and ancient rites, but the ability to cast cleric
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
overview that briefly describes what the characters can expect to find there, followed by information you’ll need to run the encounters at that location.
Starting Quests When the characters first visit
to collect a reward of 750 gp.” If the characters undertake this quest, see “Leilon Point.” Follow-Up Quests After the characters complete either one of the starting quests, the following two quests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
for your campaign. Use them as a starting point for your own ideas. Outcast or Ambassador? Consider how a monstrous character’s native culture views the character. Is the character an outcast, a spy
, an ambassador, or something else? Work with the player to determine how the character ended up as an adventurer. The character’s bond is a great starting point to consider for this question. How did
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, believing that the creatures embody the drive for power and dominion. Akroans sometimes settle near a red dragon’s lair, forging tenuous alliances by making sacrifices of cattle or prisoners to gain its
. Roll on the omens tables in chapter 4 to determine what the dragon has seen. How the dragon interprets these visions is up to you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
your pact will play in your character’s adventuring career. Your patron’s demands might drive you into adventures, or they might consist entirely of small favors you can do between adventures. What kind
patrons etched on trees, mingled among tea leaves, or adrift in the clouds — messages that only the warlock can see. Other warlocks converse with their patrons in dreams or waking visions, or deal only with intermediaries.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
modifier to the damage you deal with any cleric cantrip. Visions of the Past Starting at 17th level, you can call up visions of the past that relate to an object you hold or your immediate surroundings
that uses either of those skills. Channel Divinity: Knowledge of the Ages Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to tap into a divine well of knowledge. As an action, you choose one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
creatures and objects within 10 feet of you that are within line of sight. Greater Portent Starting at 14th level, the visions in your dreams intensify and paint a more accurate picture in your mind of what is to come. You roll three d20s for your Portent feature, rather than two.
select this school at 2nd level, the gold and time you must spend to copy a divination spell into your spellbook is halved. Portent Starting at 2nd level when you choose this school, glimpses of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
dreams or mysterious visions, but their terms are always clear and their prices terrible. A character can select a Dark Gift from the “Dark Gifts Descriptions” section. This supernatural gift expresses
? Each Dark Gift can be expressed in various ways, with the following options exploring various manifestations to spark your imagination. Dark Gifts are intended for starting characters, but characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training Light and Medium armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain Shirt, Shield, Mace, Holy Symbol, Priest’s Pack, and 7
deity or other immortal force that unlocked their magic. Harnessing divine magic doesn’t rely on specific training, yet Clerics might learn prayers and rites that help them draw on power from the Outer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, or Survival Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Tool Proficiencies Herbalism Kit Armor Training Light armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A
deity, or both, and they typically unite with other Druids to perform rites that mark the passage of the seasons and other natural cycles. Druids are concerned with the delicate ecological balance that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Proficiencies Choose 2: History, Insight, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training Light and Medium armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain
and rites that help them draw on power from the Outer Planes. Not every member of a temple or shrine is a Cleric. Some priests are called to a simple life of temple service, carrying out their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Leather Armor, Shield, Sickle, Druidic Focus (Quarterstaff), Explorer’s Pack, Herbalism Kit, and 9 GP; or (B) 50 GP Druids belong to ancient orders that
, individual Druids gain their magic from nature, a nature deity, or both, and they typically unite with other Druids to perform rites that mark the passage of the seasons and other natural cycles. Druids are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Chapter 4 Creating Domains of Dread Sean A. Murray A hexblood witch in the domain of Tepest conjures visions of adventurers’ fatal fates Any fear might find terrible life amid the Domains of Dread
monstrosities, and grim settings into your own horrifying creations. This chapter explores how to create a Domain of Dread, starting with defining its Darklord, the villain at the domain’s heart
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the elves or do you want to drive them out—and if so, who do you want to replace them? Animal Companions. Feytouched beasts play an important role in Valenar society. The Valenar are known for their
steeds, but a wide range of Valenar beasts bond with non-elves. As a starting character, you might not have established a connection to a Valenar beast. If you return to Valenar later in your adventuring career, perhaps you will find your bondmate.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
includes an overview that briefly describes what the characters can expect to find there. This overview is followed by information you’ll need to run the encounters at that location.
Starting Quests
cults, one of which has an ancient dragon in its employ. The gnomes of Gnomengarde have offered to supply a magical weapon to drive off this beast should it trouble the town. Meet the gnomes at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
associated with particular springs and groves (such as Eldath). Druids revere nature as a whole and might serve one of these deities, practicing mysterious rites and reciting all-but-forgotten prayers in their
: Animal Handling, Nature, or Survival. Bonus Proficiency Also at 1st level, you gain proficiency with heavy armor. Channel Divinity: Charm Animals and Plants Starting at 2nd level, you can use your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Circle of the Land The Circle of the Land is made up of mystics and sages who safeguard ancient knowledge and rites through a vast oral tradition. These druids meet within sacred circles of trees or
folk. As a member of this circle, your magic is influenced by the land where you were initiated into the circle’s mysterious rites. Bonus Cantrip When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you learn one
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Starting Equipment
Choose A or B: (A) Leather;Leather Armor, Shield, Sickle, Druidic Focus (Quarterstaff), Explorer's Pack, Herbalism Kit, and 9 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Druids belong to ancient
, individual Druids gain their magic from nature, a nature deity, or both, and they typically unite with other Druids to perform rites that mark the passage of the seasons and other natural cycles
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Player’s Handbook
, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple weapons
Armor Training
Light and Medium armor and Shields
Starting Equipment
Choose A or B: (A) Chain Shirt, Shield
prayers and rites that help them draw on power from the Outer Planes.
Not every member of a temple or shrine is a Cleric. Some priests are called to a simple life of temple service, carrying out their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Possible Visions The following are the most relevant visions the characters can receive as answers to their questions. Elaborate upon or modify these as needed, and improvise visions for other
being alone once again. You feel a great hunger seize him. He experiences visions that pass into your vision, showing what appears as a paradise to him but an oozing nightmare for all others.
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
) maintain that “dead dragons will rule the world entire.” The cult thus creates dracoliches as a step toward achieving that particular vision of a future paradise. Similar rites exist on other worlds
aging accelerates. This wasting can even drive an affected dragon to seek out undeath. The Undead Dragon Adventure Hooks table translates some of these ideas into inspiration for adventures revolving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Spectator Magic-Bound Beholder-Kin Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: Any Jesper Ejsing Invoking mysterious rites involving four beholder eyestalks, a spellcaster can mold aberrant dreams into a beholder
its post. Should an intruder ignore its warnings, a spectator attempts to drive away the intruder with its magical eye rays. At the end of its service, a spectator might discorporate back into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
territorial, they use camouflaged scouts to guard the perimeter of their domain. When unwelcome visitors are detected, a tribe sends a hunting band to harass or drive the trespassers off, or tricks them into
taste for humanoid flesh. Prisoners are often taken back to their camps to become the centerpieces of great feasts and rites involving dancing, storytelling, and ritual combat. Victims are either
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Proficiencies When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain proficiency with heavy armor. You also gain proficiency in the Intimidation or Persuasion skill (your choice). Voice of Authority Starting at 1st
level, you can invoke the power of law to drive an ally to attack. If you cast a spell with a spell slot of 1st level or higher and target an ally with the spell, that ally can use their reaction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Circle of the Land The Circle of the Land is made up of mystics and sages who safeguard ancient knowledge and rites through a vast oral tradition. These druids meet within sacred circles of trees or
folk. As a member of this circle, your magic is influenced by the land where you were initiated into the circle’s mysterious rites. Bonus Cantrip When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you learn one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
your pact will play in your character’s adventuring career. Your patron’s demands might drive you into adventures, or they might consist entirely of small favors you can do between adventures. What kind
patrons etched on trees, mingled among tea leaves, or adrift in the clouds — messages that only the warlock can see. Other warlocks converse with their patrons in dreams or waking visions, or deal only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
third séance (see the following “Séances” section). Use ambient haunts and the atmosphere-building tips from earlier in this chapter to drive the adventure toward a dramatic scene where it feels
. Witnessing Haunts. Ambient haunts are fleeting visions that last scant seconds and that only one character ever sees. They appear when a character is alone or the last one to leave a room, or they are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
starting point, they pursue their vision of a better way of life, aspiring to nobler principles than senseless slaughter and better governance than iron-fisted tyranny. Under the leadership of the temple’s
priests—Haraksi, an ingenious smith and mother of eight, and Olakia the Torn, an oracle who experiences visions from both Mogis and Ephara—a school of minotaur philosophers aspires to a vision of