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Dungeon Master’s Guide
Vecna the Archlich;Vecna was a mighty wizard who, through magic and conquest, forged a terrible empire. For all his power, however, Vecna feared death and took steps to prevent his demise by becoming
Clairvoyance
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Crown of Madness
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Disintegrate
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Dominate Monster
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Eyebite
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X-ray Vision. You can take a Magic action to gain X-ray vision with a range of 30 feet for 1
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
have begun to experience dreams and visions. One such person is Mjenir, a fifty-year-old shaman of the Reghed Elk Tribe, who received a vision about the characters' journey to the Reghed Glacier
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At Will: Charm Person, Detect Thoughts, Mage Hand
1/Day Each: Compulsion, Hold Person (level 3 version)A brain in a jar is the gray matter of one who cheated death through magic or strange surgeries
. It now forces its will on those around it.
Some brains in jars are the result of strange experiments, bizarre punishments, or the aberrant preservation methods of creatures and mi-go (detailed in
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
received a vision affirming that the bloodline of Vol was no more. To the world, the last survivor of that bloodline is known as Lady Illmarrow. But in truth, she is Erandis Vol, heir to the Mark of
, polymorph
5th level (3 slots): cloudkill, cone of cold, hold monster, scrying
6th level (2 slot): chain lightning, circle of death, create undead
7th level (2 slot): finger of death, forcecage
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Ziraj's prey, or Ziraj might come to their aid to eliminate a common enemy. He's the strong, silent type.
The City Watch has received reports of a figure who haunts the rooftops of Waterdeep — a
hulking shadow that glares from its perch, rains down death in the form of long black arrows, and slinks off without so much as a whisper. Where he comes from — if he even has a home — remains a mystery, as
Shadar-kai
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
now they exist in a strange state between life and death. Eladrin and shadar-kai are like reflections of each other: one bursting with emotion, the other nearly devoid of it.
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Death Throes. When Virruza is reduced to 0 hit points, he turns into a puddle of acid and splashes acid on those around him. Each creature within 5 feet of him must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Throes", "rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage at the start of each of its turns.
Innate Spellcasting. Virruza’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma
Magic Items
Curse of Strahd
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Strahd employed a powerful wizard named Khazan to destroy the weapon after Sergei’s death. The first part of the process required the hilt and the blade to be separated, which Khazan accomplished
hearing and normal vision out to a range of 60 feet. The weapon communicates by transmitting emotions to the creature carrying or wielding it.
Personality. The Sunsword’s special purpose is to
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Petrified Death. A tomb tapper reduced to 0 hit points turns into a lifeless stone statue. Anything it's wearing or carrying is not transformed.
Sense Magic. The tomb tapper senses magic within 30
communicate with one another by means of a humming sound created by skin vibrations.
Seekers of Magic. Tomb tappers received their colloquial name from their habit of burrowing into the depths to plunder
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Druids of the Circle of Spores find beauty in decay. They see within mold and other fungi the ability to transform lifeless material into abundant, albeit somewhat strange, life.
These druids
believe that life and death are parts of a grand cycle, with one leading to the other and then back again. Death isn’t the end of life, but instead a change of state that sees life shift into a new
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to a bodytaker plant, the podling throws itself into battle and fights to the death.
Roll on or choose a result from the Podling Behaviors table to inspire the unusual habits a podling might
demonstrate.
Podling Behaviors
1d6
The Podling Exhibits the Strange Habit Of …
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Drinking water from dirty troughs.
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Eating one type of food for all meals.
3
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to a bodytaker plant, the podling throws itself into battle and fights to the death.
Roll on or choose a result from the Podling Behaviors table to inspire the unusual habits a podling might
demonstrate.
Podling Behaviors
1d6
The Podling Exhibits the Strange Habit Of …
1
Drinking water from dirty troughs.
2
Eating one type of food for all meals.
3
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Druids of the Circle of Spores find beauty in decay. They see within mold and other fungi the ability to transform lifeless material into abundant, albeit somewhat strange, life.
These druids
believe that life and death are parts of a grand cycle, with one leading to the other and then back again. Death isn’t the end of life, but instead a change of state that sees life shift into a new
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
black tentacles, polymorph
5th level (2 slots): cloudkill, geas, scrying
6th level (1 slot): programmed illusion, true seeing
7th level (1 slot): finger of death, mirage arcane
8th level (1 slot
received several disturbing reports, Queen Ravenovia was forced to banish the midwife from the kingdom. Lysaga never saw Strahd again, but she has succeeded in staying alive to witness the triumphs of
Eye and Hand of Vecna
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
power, Vecna couldn’t escape his own mortality. He began to fear death and take steps to prevent his end from ever coming about.
Orcus, the demon prince of undeath, taught Vecna a ritual that
would allow him to live on as a lich. Beyond death, he became the greatest of all liches. Even though his body gradually withered and decayed, Vecna continued to expand his evil dominion. So formidable
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bargain made with dread powers, these priests can defy death by transforming into undead.
Centuries ago, Osybus, a mysterious figure of immense ambition and evil, founded the order of priests that now
death in exchange for their worship.
Osybus achieved his goal and became a lich of almost godly power. He rewarded his disciples with a trace of his power in the form of shadowy tattoos. Osybus’s
Reborn
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Death isn’t always the end. The reborn exemplify this, being individuals who have died yet, somehow, still live. Some reborn exhibit the scars of fatal ends, their ashen flesh or bloodless
veins making it clear that they’ve been touched by death. Other reborn are marvels of magic or science, being stitched together from disparate beings or bearing mysterious minds in manufactured
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
becoming an eldritch lich.
Like other liches, eldritch liches are spellcasters who have cheated death, but an eldritch lich does so by allowing a Great Old One to implant a Far Realm parasite in the lich
. That parasite bestows undeath upon the spellcaster and causes strange tentacles to sprout from the body. The parasite’s mouth is visible on the lich’s torso, and the parasite guards the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of their former selves. Coral encrusts them. Barnacles cling to their cold skin. Lungs that once filled with air can now breathe in water as well.
Tales provide myriad reasons for these strange
death.
Sea spawn come in a wide variety of forms. An individual might have a tentacle for an arm, the jaws of a shark, a sea urchin’s spines, a whale’s fin, octopus eyes, seaweed hair, or
Magic Items
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
heavily muscled warrior, and its great helm is unusual in that it has no openings — only a broad glass plate in the front with a second piece of glass above it. Strange plates, tubing, and large
advantage on death saving throws.
The armor has further capabilities that can be powered either by energy cells or by your own life energy. You can use a bonus action to draw power from an energy cell
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
gather and celebrate, dwell the followers of Yurtrus, the god of disease and death, and Shargaas, the god of darkness and the unknown. Orcs too weak for battle (because of bodily weakness, malformation
, injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death.
Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Moonstar as a death knight.)
Vision. Any character who lifts or pulls away a black drape experiences one of Umbraxakar’s visions.
Dragon’s Vision In this vision, the character is in the presence of
clatters to the floor alongside the death knight’s mithral chain shirt. The vision ends with a dragon’s anguished roar.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Story Overview When Phenax sent Varyas the Knowing a vision of the oracle’s impending death, the seer didn’t fear—he knew his work was just beginning. (BASTIEN L. DEHARME) Like all the Returned who
past life, his escape from death, or the strange symbols etched on his mask. All he recognized of the writing scrawled on his mask was the name “Khea.” With that, a mystery beyond life and death slipped from a lost past into the living realm of Theros.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
area C20. Sarcelle’s Secret. A prisoner named Sarcelle recently received a disturbing vision. The characters can learn about Sarcelle’s recent vision in area C5. Umberto’s Secret. The characters can
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
. Once you use the deck to cast a spell, you can’t cast that spell again from it until the next dawn.
Enduring Vision. While holding the deck, you automatically succeed on Constitution saving throws
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Wraith
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Broken One
Banshee
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Darklord
Vampire
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Donjon
Mummy
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Executioner
Death knight
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Ghost
Ghost
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Horseman
Mummy lord
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Innocent
Ghost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Colossus, dark passages, strange sigils
Any of these dreams might end with a vision of the Mists parting and the characters’ home or a similarly tantalizing location appearing beyond.
Dreams of Innsmouth Cthulhu sends dreams to those in Innsmouth—and in realms beyond—that might help it escape its prison. These dreams include strange images spurring the dreamers to seek the cults
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
am your friend. Listen to me. She’s using the pain of your father’s death to lead you down the darkest of all paths. For the love of Selûne, do not follow her!” With that, the vision ends.
19. Hall of Death Characters entering this hall for the first time feel as though they’ve crossed a planar threshold of some kind, but a successful DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check is needed to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. Klarg received a messenger goblin from King Grol a few days ago. The messenger told him that someone named “the Spider” was paying the Cragmaws to capture Gundren Rockseeker and send him and anything he
being held in the “eating cave” (area H6). About fifteen goblins currently dwell in this hideout. Strange Goblins. Recently, strange goblins have sometimes joined the Cragmaws in their roadside ambushes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Atagua table to determine if they have a strange vision. Dreams in Atagua d10 Dream 1–4 No dream 5 You are swimming up a sky-high waterfall. 6 Orchids speak to you in the voices of fallen friends
Dreams and Portents Strange dreams are common in Atagua, the result of psychic energies from the Feywild and Far Realm. Whenever a character sleeps or meditates while in Atagua, roll on the Dreams in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
, strange ferns grow from the rock, and brightly colored songbirds feed on jeweled dragonflies. Flickers of magical light dance harmlessly at the edges of one’s vision.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
a gold horn encrusted with gems (see “Treasure” below).
Vision. Any character who spends at least 1 minute searching the room experiences one of the shadow dragon’s fleeting visions.
Dragon’s
Vision In this vision, the character is in a great hall buttressed by six columns (area 32), looming above six blindfolded adventurers bound to the columns with rope. A hollow voice (that of Lord Vanrak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
has received strange dreams in which the spirit of one of their ancestors tries to communicate with them. The contact asks the character to visit them in Djaynai to help them unravel the mystery of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
giant mistress. They croon a strange, soothing song as they weave the substance of the giant figure into delicate lichen veils and a long, mycelium train like a bridal gown.
The vision ends when the
Zuggtmoy!
Joined together, heart to heart,
Becoming one ’til death do part!
Hail! Hail! Hail!
The entourage is composed of twelve bridesmaids of Zuggtmoy and six chamberlains of Zuggtmoy(see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. They’ve received a strange message from her inviting them to Promise, but when they arrive, she’s nowhere to be found. Honored Guests. A trader the characters have had past dealings with—perhaps from the