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Lorinda seeks new ways to create a permanent family. This might involve great sacrifices, stolen fey magic, strange adoptions, or all manner of supernatural bargains.
Mother Lorinda’s
dies, these effects end immediately.Mother’s Visage (1/Day). Lorinda Shape-Shifting;shape-shifts into Mother, a deity revered by the people of Tepest, for 8 hours. Her game statistics are the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
’s goal is to tap into vast energy sources and perform the dire rites that will extend a bridge between the Material Plane and the squirming chaos of an Elder Evil’s realm.
An entity that
, transforming it into a star spawn seer. Whoever the mortal once was largely vanishes beneath the mass of tumorous skin than builds up in strange whorls all over the seer’s body. The mortal’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
up on Innsmouth island and shelter in the village. They experience strange dreams. Soon after, they encounter cultists who seek to initiate them and others who seek to sacrifice them. The characters
characters’ dreams and suggests ways to escape the island. After proving their worth, a character receives the cult’s Dark Gift (see “Cult Rites”). Levels 6–16. Led by their dreams and duplicitous cult
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
rites passed down for generations. It isn’t quite a civic organization, despite the fact that some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in Red Larch are members. The members of the Believers use
the town. The Believers formed years ago when local miners discovered a secret underground chamber beneath the town. Strange things happened in the chamber, such as heavy stones levitating and moving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
orcs and other foul creatures, practicing strange rites by the light of the moons. While flawed, this vision isn’t entirely inaccurate. The Shadow Marches are a desolate land of swamps and moors. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
approaches peacefully and shares the following warnings: “Strange witchlights hover over Dragon Barrow at night. The hill is haunted by the restless spirits of the dead.” “Neverwinter Wood has become
overrun with orcs in league with half-orc spellcasters. Deep in the forest, atop a cave-riddled hill, is a circle of standing stones where the evil half-orcs perform their dark rites.” Xanth avoids
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
with orcs and other foul creatures, practicing strange rites by the light of the moons. While flawed, this vision isn’t entirely inaccurate. The Shadow Marches are a desolate land of swamps and moors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Cult Rites The cults of Innsmouth seek initiates to aid in their unfathomable works. Those who prove themselves reliable devotees gain access to the transformative power of strange gods. Cult Renown
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
suffused with immortal magic and memory. Ages later, the Dakra Isles—also called the Isles of Enchantment—harbor strange sights and fierce monsters. Thassa’s power makes it impossible to keep an
island shifted to the mortal realm. Skathos The island of Skathos was once a sacred meeting place for a secret cult of Pharika whose rites revolved around consuming a magical flower native to the island. The island is now home to the medusa queen, Hythonia (described in chapter 6). (CHRIS RAHN)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
corpulent bulk of tumorous skin than builds up in strange whorls all over the seer’s body. Hands become bulky, flipper-like appendages capable of grasping their strange staffs — formed of some blend of
expands to assault other creatures. The seer’s goal is to tap the energy sources and master the rites that will enable it to extend a bridge between the vulnerable sanity of the Material Plane and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
traditions, sacrifices to strange gods or placations to lurking monsters are everyday events. For outsiders, though, these practices reveal the subjectivity of normalcy and societal truth. Examples
include Midsommar and The Wicker Man. Folk Horror Principles Consider the following principles when creating Darklords and domains with folk horror themes: Isolation Begets Weirdness. Strange and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
unfulfilled yearning emanate from places where ghostly hauntings occur. Strange sounds or unnatural silences create an unsettling atmosphere. Cold spots settle in rooms that have roaring fires. A choking stench
visible on the Material Plane while it is in the Border Ethereal, and vice versa, yet it can’t affect or be affected by anything on the other plane.
Horrifying Visage. Each non-undead creature within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
strange human-animal mixtures—pig-human, ape-human, and dog-human—going about various tasks. Certain of the frescoes show rooms of some building—a library filled with many books and scrolls, the door
and keyed.
The iron men of visage grim do more than meets the viewer’s eye.
You’ve left and left and found my tomb, and now your souls will die.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. 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
, and the shadow-bereft soon sicken and die. A local leader claims that the strange plague’s cure lies among the hidden isles known as the Ashram of Niranjan (detailed in “Other Domains of Dread
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
in your adventures. If you highlight the strange nature of a domain often, the land feels surreal and haunted. If you do so more rarely, the domain feels more realistic. You might even change the pace
of how often you reinforce the strange nature of a domain, perhaps doing so more the farther characters are from civilization or safety. For examples of frightful details you might highlight in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
knowledge she gleans from unholy rites. If Teocín is captured, she says nothing to the characters, but they can learn of her goals, Orencio, and Pazuzu by looking through her notes—dozens of filthy
have crashed to the floor below if the characters tried to use it. This sizable cavern’s ceiling is thirty feet high, and strange symbols are scrawled across its walls. The skeletons of two huge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. You can pay a fine of 10 gp to avoid jail time, or you can try to resist arrest. 11–20 You regain consciousness in a strange place with no memory of how you got there, and you have been robbed of 3d6
days equal to his or her current renown multiplied by 10, the character’s renown increases by 1. Performing Sacred Rites A pious character can spend time between adventures performing sacred rites in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
disappeared in the area. 11 Slay a dragon or some other challenging monster. 12 Discover the nature and origin of a strange location or phenomenon. 13 Pursue fleeing foes taking refuge in the dungeon. 14
of strange occurrences in a haunted house or other location. 11 Interfere with the operation of a business. 12 Rescue a character, monster, or object from a natural or unnatural disaster. 2. Identify
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the phases of the moon (or moons)? Do strange and magical effects occur at the same time as these phenomena? Religious Observances Sprinkle holy days throughout your calendar. Each significant deity in
grand scale. Other holy days are important only to people particularly devoted to a single deity. Still others are observed by priests, who perform private rites and sacrifices inside their temples on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
elevated to godhood or a deity whose arrival was foretold by prophets and leaders of new religions. In cosmopolitan places such as Waterdeep and Calimshan, small shrines and temples to strange gods spring
concern directly competes with that of an established deity. The methods of resolving such conflicts range from friendly dueling festivals or rites meant to emphasize the glory of one god over another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
involve great sacrifices, stolen fey magic, strange adoptions, or all manner of supernatural bargains. Mother Lorinda Medium Fey, Neutral Evil
AC 18 Initiative +7 (17)
HP 105 (14d8 + 42)
Speed 30 ft
version)
1/Day Each: Augury, Blight, Plant Growth, Scrying, Unseen Servant
Bonus Actions
Mother’s Visage (1/Day). Lorinda shape-shifts into Mother, a deity revered by the people of Tepest, for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, and some hill giants share two strange commonalities: insatiable hunger and a tendency to serve the demon lord Yeenoghu. Sometimes a hill giant who delights in senseless slaughter turns to the Beast
Snurre’s hall houses a temple where drow priests lead rites to the Elder Elemental Eye Another popular avenue for giants who turn from the gods of the Ordning derives from giants’ close ties to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
information in the “Location Overview” section except for the details about the alkilith (because they wouldn’t know about the demon, only that Lhammaruntosz has been acting strange for several years, which is
through niches for items to steal, or similar actions, Telna appears before them, uses her Horrifying Visage action, then flees. If the characters make a gesture to honor the interred dead, such as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
ward, moving constantly to evade Sigil’s enforcers. Heralds of Dust. The Heralds of Dust are Sigil’s undertakers. They conduct funerary rites for creatures from all places, ensuring their souls pass to
halls reek of embalming fluids, their sterile tang sparing nostrils from viler odors trapped within the musty tombs. Grim Workforce. The Dusters who run the Mortuary are the visage of death—slack jawed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Daoine Gloine The city of Daoine Gloine has long been thought of as mere legend — just another strange tale from the already-strange Barrier Peaks. Occasionally, travelers would return from the
dangerous-looking walkways extending between the ruins. The rooftops and upper levels of the towers are strewn with vines and foliage. But a strange gleam extends across the lower reaches of the city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
are removed, hidden springs raise the trunk’s false bottom to rise slightly, at which point the stone visage above the bed opens its mouth and belches a cloud of poisonous gas large enough to fill the
, and strange Underdark fare. Lurking next to her is a small mechanical dragon made of a shiny black substance.
Hunched over a hot stove in the west side of the room are three duergar cooks. At the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
and Arrigal was away, no one remembers seeing or hearing anything strange. Luvash is determined to find her, no matter what the cost, and most of his camp is out scouring the woods when the characters
with the profiled visage of Strahd) An iron chest containing 650 gp An onyx jewelry box with gold filigree (worth 250 gp) containing six pieces of cheap jewelry (worth 50 gp each) and a potion of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
frescoes of elves traveling through space aboard sleek wooden vessels with giant crystalline wings, visiting strange worlds and battling orcs and dragons in space.
6i. Arch Gate to Level 3 Dust and
, and small mammals encircling Wyllow’s smiling visage. Each ring is 3 feet wide and turns clockwise on hidden rollers. The inner ring is engraved with images of plants and animals weathering the change
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, U-shaped cavern appears empty at first glance, but a sudden tapping draws your attention to the west wall, within which is trapped a black-robed figure with a golden visage.
A mummy dressed in a
and H39). Hathowyn hasn’t spoken to them out of fear that they might harm her. Strange, one-eyed creatures lurk in the cave to the south (area H37). They followed the dark elves up from below after
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
energy sources and perform the dire rites that will extend a bridge between the Material Plane and the squirming chaos of an Elder Evil’s realm. An entity that appears as a star spawn seer in the
. Whoever the mortal once was largely vanishes beneath the mass of tumorous skin than builds up in strange whorls all over the seer’s body. The mortal’s hands become bulky, flipper-like appendages able to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, slightly run-down inn is situated in the heart of the city. A sign carved to resemble the grinning visage of a black dragon hangs over the front door. A stable is located behind the inn.
The Black
morning rites, as well as all-day observances every Godsday. Sarana, the temple’s Archpriest (Neutral Good), is a middle-aged, human woman wearing a sun-shaped headdress and yellow-and-gold robes. She is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
can’t be harmed. He tries to charm one humanoid he can see within 30 feet of the mirror. Whether the target resists the effect or not, Strahd’s smiling visage invites the characters to dine at Castle
furniture and created a study is this dusty, lamplit chamber. Tables are strewn with pieces of parchment, on which strange diagrams are drawn, and a freestanding bookshelf holds a collection of bones
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
feet wide, has no railings, and spans a wide cavern that echoes with strange clacking noises.
The bridge is 40 feet long and sturdy. A creature on the bridge that takes 10 damage or more from a
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
storm some have seen a face: a giant scowling visage.
— Elminster
A Quintessent’s Lair A storm giant quintessent has no need for castles or dungeon lairs. Its lair is usually a secluded region or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
to the northeast connects to area P1. P3b: Supertemporal Arena All manner of strange immortals fill rows of seating inside a gigantic glass viewing sphere floating amid swirling energy. An
end of the next round. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage only. 3 Splendor. The area shimmers, and Shemeshka’s visage appears in countless reflective surfaces. Creatures of