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Blindheim

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

humanoids have the ability to project intense, blinding light from their eyes. Dwelling on the fringes of the Underdark, blindheims are opportunistic ambushers who can be swayed into service with

the surface world. But when they have superior numbers or engage creatures that appear weak, blindheims will often ambush to take what they want. Strange Outcasts. The blindheims speak of an ancient era

Bard

classes Basic Rules (2014)

, decipher old tomes, travel to strange places, or encounter exotic creatures. Bards love to accompany heroes to witness their deeds firsthand. A bard who can tell an awe-inspiring story from personal

, ensuring that her companions’ words will be well received. Whether scholar, skald, or scoundrel, a bard weaves magic through words and music to inspire allies, demoralize foes, manipulate minds

Morkoth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

attack roll is rerolled against the chosen creature.Ancient and devious, morkoths are voracious collectors. Each one floats through the planes on a strange, mobile island, amassing the valuables

failed save, the creature feels an intense urge to use its movement on each of its turns to enter the lair and to move toward the morkoth’s location (the target doesn’t realize it’s

Arrival

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

Arrival When the characters arrive at the inn, use the following read-aloud text to describe the situation outside the inn: The buffeting winds and violent precipitation grow more intense the closer

you get to the inn. Your vision is hampered to the point you can only see clearly within thirty feet. Lights coming from the inn reveal a strange scene. Six humanoid creatures stand at the main

Domain Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

priests can enter this massive pyramid. Extreme Environs. Intense heat and winds are common in Har’Akir (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide), and water is scarce. Forgotten Ruins. The deserts of Har’Akir

are littered with the remnants of a strange and glorious empire. The origins of these ruins remain a mystery. Mysterious Gods. Har’Akir’s people worship a pantheon of false or silent gods. Manipulative

Learning from Experience

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

, decipher old tomes, travel to strange places, or encounter exotic creatures. Bards love to accompany heroes to witness their deeds firsthand. A bard who can tell an awe-inspiring story from personal

Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires

Learning from Experience

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

, decipher old tomes, travel to strange places, or encounter exotic creatures. Bards love to accompany heroes to witness their deeds firsthand. A bard who can tell an awe-inspiring story from personal

Learning from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires

Atagua Gazetteer

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

Atagua Gazetteer Much of Atagua consists of grasslands, wetlands, and narrow stretches of tropical forests bordering the Holroro River. Two extreme seasons each year of intense rain and dusty drought

and other predators shadow travelers on the Grassroads or stalk the thri-kreen folk who wander the Llanos. And among the Green Doctors, a guild of healers and scholars, old tales warn of strange

Gate Warden

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

somewhere influenced by intense planar forces or a portal to another plane of existence, such as one of the gate-towns in the Outlands. You’re accustomed to experiences that would leave others reeling in

Personality Trait 1 Strange events and otherworldly creatures don’t faze me. 2 I think in terms of exchange: something for something, nothing for nothing. 3 I speak with an unusual cadence. 4 I

Heroes of the Dragon

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

, ranger) 3 I was part of an order that preserves the teachings of an ancient dragon founder. (Fighter, monk, paladin, wizard) 4 I have a dragon for a mentor or patron. (Bard, druid, fighter

connection to nature gives me a strange link to a dragon whose presence alters the fabric of nature around the dragon’s lair. (Druid, ranger) 9 I recently discovered that a person I loved and trusted was

Building a Party

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

warlock, Rakdos rogue 7 Nature Party. Selesnya druid, Gruul barbarian, Simic wizard or Selesnya bard, Golgari rogue 8 Benevolent Party. Selesnya cleric, Boros paladin, Azorius wizard, Selesnya bard

rampaging wurm attacks. 3 Sudden Danger. The characters are trapped together by a sinkhole opening, a building collapsing, or a laboratory exploding. 4 Dream Team. A strange dream leads each character

Mysterious Passengers

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

audience. 19–20 A destitute bard plays the harp with mediocre skill while asking for donations. 21–22 A deaf couple communicate with each other by sign language, but suddenly stop when they notice they are

faces of the guests. Not all of them are amused. 31–32 A shifter glowers in a corner booth, looking angry at the world. 33–34 A warforged bard uses its body as a percussion instrument to entertain the

Class Training

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

me push beyond my limitations. 6 My anger needed to be channeled into battle, or I risked becoming an indiscriminate killer. Bard d6 I became a bard because … 1 I awakened my latent bardic

abilities through trial and error. 2 I was a gifted performer and attracted the attention of a master bard who schooled me in the old techniques. 3 I joined a loose society of scholars and orators to learn

Chapter 3: Character Classes (Continued)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Tree to tap into cosmic vitality. Zealot to rage in union with a god. Bard. Perform spells that inspire and heal allies or beguile foes. Then join the College of... Dance to harness agility in

to master infiltration and treasure hunting. Sorcerer. Wield magic innate to your being, shaping the power to your will. Then channel... Aberrant Sorcery to use strange psionic magic. Clockwork

Chapter 3: Character Classes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

. Then follow the Path of the... Berserker to unleash raw violence. Wild Heart to manifest kinship with animals. World Tree to tap into cosmic vitality. Zealot to rage in union with a god. Bard

your being, shaping the power to your will. Then channel... Aberrant Sorcery to use strange psionic magic. Clockwork Sorcery to harness cosmic forces of order. Draconic Sorcery to breathe the

Blindheim

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

Blindheim These frog-like humanoids have the ability to project intense, blinding light from their eyes. Dwelling on the fringes of the Underdark, blindheims are opportunistic ambushers who can be

weapons, and trinkets from the surface world. But when they have superior numbers or engage creatures that appear weak, blindheims will often ambush to take what they want. Strange Outcasts. The

Madness

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

ability checks. 71–75 The character does whatever anyone tells him or her to do that isn’t obviously self-destructive. 76–80 The character experiences an overpowering urge to eat something strange such as

–30 The character suffers extreme paranoia. The character has disadvantage on Wisdom and Charisma checks. 31–40 The character regards something (usually the source of madness) with intense revulsion

Madness Effects

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

self-destructive. 76-80 The character experiences an overpowering urge to eat something strange such as dirt, slime, or offal. 81-90 The character is stunned. 91-100 The character falls unconscious

checks. 31-40 The character regards something (usually the source of madness) with intense revulsion, as if affected by the antipathy effect of the antipathy/sympathy spell. 41-45 The character

Phoenix District

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

characters to Dae-Shim and Ju-Won. Nah Dae-Shim, a dwarf man, and Da Ju-Won, a human woman, are in the middle of an intense game. Both are neutral nobles. They’re not unfriendly, but they’re not

willingly share any of the following details. During a visit to the Tea Shop after dusk about a week ago, Dae-Shim and Ju-Won were both nearly killed. They both recall seeing a strange woman lingering near

Stage 1: The Dran & Courtier?

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

what lies beyond. The door of the Dran & Courtier is neither locked nor trapped — though the building emanates strange sounds, shakes as though it’s falling apart, and continues to radiate a strange

to the fireplace is an unoccupied raised stage where a bard might strike up a tune. The bar is to your left, where a half-elf in a heavy leather duster receives a drink from a tall female elf wearing a

Kruphix's Champions

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

Kruphix’s Champions Alignment: Usually neutral Suggested Classes: Bard, cleric, druid, monk, ranger, wizard Suggested Cleric Domains: Knowledge, Trickery Suggested Backgrounds: Hermit, outlander

during your studies, and followers of Kruphix sought you out and recruited you to keep the knowledge within their ranks. 4 Beset by strange dreams, you consulted an oracle of Kruphix. Since

Tale of Tragedy and Terror

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

meenlocks spontaneously manifested within the bedrock of the mountain. Their strange, twisting lair affixed itself to the tunnels of the mine like a leech. The creatures spent days psychically tormenting the

populace eventually fled. Those who remained behind were taken, one by one, and transformed into meenlocks. A bard who heard about the catastrophe decided to chronicle the stories of the survivors. He

Broken Silence

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

fallen clutches something against their chest. You’re not sure what it is, but you feel the urge to reach for it. Before you can, the object glows and then flashes with intense light. Kiri-Jolith, God

have no recollection of anything strange happening. Any attempt to return to the ruined temple fails, as if it was never there.

Morkoth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Morkoth Ancient and devious, morkoths are voracious collectors. Each one floats through the planes on a strange, mobile island, amassing the valuables, oddities, and castoffs of the multiverse in a

failed save, the creature feels an intense urge to use its movement on each of its turns to enter the lair and to move toward the morkoth’s location (the target doesn’t realize it’s heading toward a

Flavors of Fantasy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

. Horror can be intense and personal, and not everyone is comfortable with such a game. (The advice on discussing limits under “Ensuring Fun for All” in chapter 1 is particularly important for a horror game

side. Crossing the Streams Conflicts. Conflicts like these create opportunities for crossing the streams: Beyond the Magic Mirror. A mysterious mirror in a strange dungeon is a portal into a

Supernatural Regions

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

Supernatural Regions Not all lands thrive as nature intended. Magical forces, strange interlopers, or tragic events can alter an area’s destiny, fundamentally changing the land. While the flora

a rest in the region must succeed on a DC 12 Charisma saving throw, or it gains no benefit from finishing the rest. It instead finds strange scrawls, stacked stones, or its belongings arranged in

Tu'narath

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

Tu’narath They call it the City of Death. I would mock such a tired excuse for a name, but if it fits, who am I to argue? — Gimble, gnome bard When the githyanki fled from the illithids

one has ever successfully mapped out the strange passages and tunnels, and a variety of scavengers, astral predators, and other creatures lair here, some of them likely dating from the time before the

Background

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

I could make them laugh or cry with my stories or songs. 3 I ran away from home to follow a minstrel troupe. 4 I saw a bard perform once, and I knew from that moment on what I was born to do. 5 I

to clear our name. 3 My family recently came by its title, and that elevation thrust us into a new and strange world. 4 My family has a title, but none of my ancestors have distinguished themselves

Talhundereth Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

avoid that room. Library. The adjacent library is filled with books. Yanthdel can read the languages the books are written in, but the other drow can’t. Strange Pets. The drow want to force their way

hall has several pillars carved with images of mountains. Some of the pillars are broken and blackened, as though from an intense fire. Carved into the west wall is a statue of a dwarven king

Encounter Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

in their mind’s eye of a female half-elf in a gossamer cape made of mycelial threads. This brief vision is accompanied by a momentary feeling of intense longing and hunger. This event occurs only once

completed her transformation into a lichen lich, she had no more need of it. At the back of the cave lurks a strange bundle of white poison ivy with a single bulbous eye in the center (use the death tyrant

Outer City Gazetteer

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

master of souls. Of the three, Jaemus is the least convincing in his role as the slaughterhouse’s new accountant, as he greets customers with an eerie stare, openly reads strange-looking tomes, and

individual. While Goodnight is always looking for new performers, at the moment he needs more than just a talented bard or contortionist. The cost of putting on his outrageous shows has landed him deep in

Outer City Gazetteer

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

convincing in his role as the slaughterhouse’s new accountant, as he greets customers with an eerie stare, openly reads strange-looking tomes, and spends entirely too much time in the cult’s trophy locker, a

looking for new performers, at the moment he needs more than just a talented bard or contortionist. The cost of putting on his outrageous shows has landed him deep in debt, and his compulsive need to

Giants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

their name from the strange two-faced masks they wear. The smiling half of the face often looks more like a smirk or a triumphant sneer than a pleasant grin. The frowning half represents the displeasure

spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15, +7 to hit with spell attacks). The giant has the following bard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): minor illusion

Areas of the Villa

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

(Athletics) check. The vault is empty. Cold Trap. If a creature enters the vault without first saying “Gold is my shield,” an intense blast of magical cold fills the room. All creatures in the vault at

door. The servants rarely spend much time here, since the cellar is unlit and cold. Characters feel a strange sense of foreboding here. Secret Door. A faded holy symbol of Siamorphe, a silver chalice

Areas of the Fire Temple

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

transform into pillars of magma that radiate intense heat and light, making the air shimmer. A creature that moves within 10 feet of one or more magma pillars for the first time on a turn or ends its

emanates from this dark place, which holds the chill of the grave. Strange mounds run the length of the room and look like furrows for planting. The mounds are the decayed remains of bookshelves and

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