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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
a lich.
A treacherous lieutenant named Kas the Betrayer;Kas brought Vecna’s rule to an end in a terrible battle. Of Vecna, all that remained were one hand and one eye, grisly Artifacts that
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Brilliance (True Form Only). The living portent sheds bright light for 30 feet and dim light for an additional 30 feet.Multiattack. The living portent makes two Radiant Strike attacks.
Radiant
Strike. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Radiant Strike"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d12 + 3);{"diceNotation
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
priests draw their strength from the pantheon of elven gods and oversee religious practices in astral elf society. It’s common for them to serve aboard spelljamming ships, not only as emissaries
. Whether they choose to live in quiet contemplation or strike out to explore the far reaches of the multiverse, astral elves tend to see events happening elsewhere as having little or no meaning to them
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Nafas drops to 0 hit points, his body disintegrates into a whirl of multiversal dust that surrounds one creature responsible for his demise. That creature then hears Nafas’s last wish: for the
, and the target must succeed on a DC 21 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition.
Lightning Strike. A bolt of lightning strikes a point Nafas can see within 120 feet of him. Each creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
Vecna’s Supernatural Gifts Vecna is known to bestow supernatural gifts on mortals who impress him, regardless of their affiliations. The following charms are two of his favorites. Charm of the
Creeping Hand Supernatural Gift (Charm) Once per turn, when you hit a creature with an attack roll using a weapon or an unarmed strike, you can infuse your strike with life-stealing energy. Your attack then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
and took steps to prevent his demise by becoming a lich. A treacherous lieutenant named Kas brought Vecna’s rule to an end in a terrible battle. Of Vecna, all that remained were one hand and one eye
Eye and Hand of Vecna Wondrous Item, Artifact (Requires Attunement) Vecna was a mighty wizard who, through magic and conquest, forged a terrible empire. For all his power, however, Vecna feared death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
pursuit of power and immortality. Some say that Acererak was a pupil of Vecna, from whom he learned undeath’s secrets.
Acererak travels the planes in search of powerful artifacts. When the archlich finds
many archliches, Acererak doesn’t desire godhood. Nevertheless, his nefarious deeds have garnered him a substantial following. One such group of these followers founded the Bleak Academy, an institution of arcane and religious learning that extols Acererak’s power.
Robson Michel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
governments or religious orders. Renegade mind flayers sometimes strike pacts with Dispater in search of the secrets needed to forever escape an elder brain’s domination. Cultists can gain the Infernal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
religious rites and festivals. Priests at such sites relate stories of the gods, teach the ethics of their patron deities, offer advice and blessings, perform religious rites, and provide training in
Trickery, War
Five-pointed star with curved points
Torog, god of the Underdark
NE
Death
T attached to a circular shackle
Vecna, god of evil secrets
NE
Death, Knowledge
Partially
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
as she watched their battle unfold.
—Jenna Helland, Godsend
Responding to a single sailor’s slight, vengeful Keranos, god of storms,
sends lightning to strike a Meletian galley on the Siren Sea
(Titus Lunter) A pantheon of fifteen gods guides religious life on Theros. From the sun and agriculture to death and passage into the Underworld, the gods oversee the forces of nature and the most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
physicians to the poor and hurt. However, to those beyond their help, they bring a swift end as an act of mercy. Those who follow the Way of Mercy might be members of a religious order, administering to the
without spending a ki point for the healing. Hand of Harm 3rd-level Way of Mercy feature You use your ki to inflict wounds. When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike, you can spend 1 ki point to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
1 Beholder 2–4 Cult or religious group (roll on the Cults and Religious Groups table to determine specifics) 5–8 Dwarves 9 Elves (including drow) 10 Giants 11 Hobgoblins 12–15 Humans (roll on the NPC
Alignment and NPC Class tables to determine specifics) 16 Kuo-toa 17 Lich 18 Mind flayers 19 Yuan-ti 20 No creator (natural caverns) Cults and Religious Groups d20 Cult or Religious Group 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
demise.
Khirad, the Star of Secrets. A blue-white star whose gifts grant insight but also reveal terrible truths.
Zhudun, the Corpse Star. A dead star that whispers of the power to defy death
and dim light for an additional 30 feet.
Actions
Multiattack. The living portent makes two Radiant Strike attacks.
Radiant Strike. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
for themselves. Only the greatest among them will live to become her consorts. Goals of Chromatic Dragons. Fortify their lairs to safeguard their treasure hoards; strike out across Eastern Oerik
: Levels 1–4. The characters discover the villainous activity of four elemental cults.
Levels 5–10. The characters strike at the four headquarters of these evil cults while investigating the cults
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. Empyreans don’t age but can be slain. Because few empyreans can imagine their own demise, they fight fearlessly when drawn into battle, refusing to believe that the end is upon them even when
until the end of the empyrean’s next turn.
Trembling Strike (Costs 2 Actions). The empyrean strikes the ground with its maul, triggering an earth tremor. All other creatures on the ground within 60 feet of the empyrean must succeed on a DC 25 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
is favored by a god, pantheon, or religious order. This section presents the Life Domain, Light Domain, Trickery Domain, and War Domain subclasses. Life Domain Soothe the Hurts of the World
The
itself relies on the positive energy associated with this domain, so a Cleric of almost any religious tradition might choose it. This domain is particularly associated with agricultural deities, gods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
destined to play a key role in future events. 6 Religious. This item was used in religious ceremonies dedicated to a particular deity. It has religious symbols worked into it. 7 Sinister. This item is
item is struck or is used to strike a foe, you hear a fragment of an ancient song. 14–15 Strange Material. The item was created from a material that is bizarre given its purpose. Its durability is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
equivalent of religious figures in githyanki culture, although the githyanki have no priests or clerics of normal sort. Two aspects of their nature set knights apart from other githyanki. Each knight
. Anything might strike a githyanki’s fancy, from a jewel taken from the pommel of a fallen opponent’s sword to colorful banners taken from a plundered castle that, preserved by the timeless nature of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Many of the cults devoted to these lesser gods are unique to a particular city, and followers of the three main yuan-ti deities usually consider these religious practices quaint rather than
deities for each pantheon.
Greyhawk. Erythnul, Iuz, Tharizdun, Vecna.
Dragonlance.Chemosh, Sargonnas.
Eberron. The Fury, the Keeper, the Mockery, the Shadow, the Traveler.
Celtic. Math
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
from home at an early age and found refuge in a temple. 2 My family gave me to a temple, since they were unable or unwilling to care for me. 3 I grew up in a household with strong religious convictions
acquaintance, or someone I loved into religious service. 6 After encountering a true servant of the gods, I was so inspired that I immediately entered the service of a religious group. Charlatan d6 I became a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
toward mortals. Among genies, djinn deal coolly with efreet and marids, whom they view as haughty. They openly despise dao and strike against them with little provocation. Masters of the Wind. Masters of
., passive Perception 13
Languages Auran
Challenge 11 (7,200 XP)
Elemental Demise. If the djinni dies, its body disintegrates into a warm breeze, leaving behind only equipment the djinni was wearing or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Deepkingdom’s lore. However, ultimate political and religious power is held by the Deepking and the lairds. Deepking Horgar Steelshadow V Deepking Horgar V ascended to the throne in 1372 DR. He is a
the best thirty-six savants are admitted into the council, and succession almost always includes an incumbent member’s demise. The savants control members of some duergar clans through magic and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
it will strike. A scaly biped, the tarrasque is fifty feet tall and seventy feet long, weighing hundreds of tons. It carries itself like a bird of prey, leaning forward and using its powerful lashing
destructive potential of the tarrasque is so vast that some cultures incorporate the monster into religious doctrine, weaving its sporadic appearance into stories of divine judgment and wrath
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
chapter). Endelyn believes her own demise will occur during an eclipse. Because there is no moon in the sky over Yon, the hag assumes the eclipse will be a symbolic display, rather than a literal one
, Gleam suggests they strike up an alliance with the korreds. See “Lockbury Henge” later in the chapter for how they might accomplish that.) An elf prince named Alagarthas made a bargain with Endelyn and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
might try to steal the item, or someone who wants to prevent the prophecy from being fulfilled might try to kill the item’s bearer. 6 Religious. This item was used in religious ceremonies dedicated
that is an enemy of the item’s creator. This item glows faintly when such creatures are within 120 feet of it. 12 Song Craft. Whenever this item is struck or is used to strike a foe, its bearer hears a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, and the target must succeed on a DC 21 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition. Lightning Strike. A bolt of lightning strikes a point Nafas can see within 120 feet of him. Each creature within
, his body disintegrates into a whirl of multiversal dust that surrounds one creature responsible for his demise. That creature then hears Nafas’s last wish: for the creature to take his place.
If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
who can reward you for your efforts. If he’s dead, return to Townmaster Harbin Wester with proof of Kalazorn’s demise to receive a reward of 100 gp.” If the characters undertake this quest, proceed
, and have been sighted in growing numbers near Falcon’s Hunting Lodge. The spellcasters dwell in a ruined manse. Falcon needs someone to make a preemptive strike against it. Destroy the evil in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
inform Mahadi (and by extension Asmodeus) about Arkhan’s possession of the Hand of Vecna, Mahadi does everything he can to strike a deal with them, offering any of the gifts listed under “Mahadi’s Deals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Flanaess, ready to strike. The leader of the order is a seemingly immortal being known as the Father of Obedience, Korenth Zan. He is rumored to be a Suloise monk who walked the lands of Oerik long
have also transcended their origin on this world to impact the broader multiverse. Two of these, Tharizdun and Vecna, are described in appendix A. The greater gods of Greyhawk rarely get directly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
monk when the characters enter this area. In either event, the devil’s elder monk bodyguards (see below) are ordered to strike with their exotic weapons, executing the errant monk while the Grand
advanced ruse — a war machine of Kwalish’s design, piloted by a particularly ingenious quasit named Whazzit. The original bone devil met its demise after Kwalish’s exile, when it was drawn into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
distance. Since I didn’t strike them down with lightning from afar, they were willing to approach peaceably. Still, they stopped when they were within bowshot and seemed to be arguing about whether to shoot
occasional large events (such as the ascension of a new chieftain, or certain religious gatherings) for all members of a single tribe to come together in one place. Instead, the Uthgardt tend to travel in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the following devastating events: The staff splits in half, triggering its Retributive Strike property (see the staff’s description in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Any creature within 120 feet of the
cataclysmic events.
An evil wizard named Vecna stole one such obelisk and used it to erase the obelisk’s creators from existence. Vecna also stole the knowledge needed to create new ones. That knowledge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
, Kashem floats silently above the chamber, waiting for a prime opportunity to strike. If the characters consume any of the food or drink, refuse to join the nobles outright, or see through the illusions
Kashem’s demise—such as a pinch of the dust left behind after her death—or they offer a convincing story and succeed on a DC 17 Charisma (Deception) check, Kasdu’ul summons a water weird and orders it to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, Kashem still pursues her original charge to destroy all who enter. When the characters arrive, Kashem floats silently above the chamber, waiting for a prime opportunity to strike. If the characters consume
their exploration. If the characters also present proof of Kashem’s demise—such as a pinch of the dust left behind after her death—or they offer a convincing story and succeed on a DC 17 Charisma
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
large wicker basket, filled with coins and gems, rests on the floor. Two horned vipers (poisonous snakes) hide in the basket, ready to strike. Treasure. The basket contains 300 sp and five jasper
a golden bowl and a stone statuette of a bearded human man hurling a lightning bolt.
The Guardians of Gorm conduct religious ceremonies in this dimly lit chamber. Characters who join the faction