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Returning 35 results for 'surviving of rites day vol'.
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Legendary Resistance (4/Day, or 5/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +12
treasure hunting; they might contain the only surviving copies of forgotten lore, fungal ingredients for cures or plagues, or maps to lost Underdark locales.Deep Dragon Lairs
Deep dragons lair in fungus
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +9
dragon lairs beyond treasure hunting; they might contain the only surviving copies of forgotten lore, fungal ingredients for cures or plagues, or maps to lost Underdark locales.Deep Dragon Lairs
Deep
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
island domain.
Long ago, it was revealed that the elven line of Vol — a house that practiced the art of necromancy and bore the Dragonmark of Death — was engaged in secret blood rites
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Illmarrow fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Illmarrow has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
with spell attacks). The kraul can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: chill touch, poison spray
3/day each: ray of enfeeblement, ray of sickness
1/day each
, with little grasp of metaphor or nuance.
The death priests occupy the highest roles in kraul society. They lead the buzzing chants of the kraul rites. Their inscrutable clicks and buzzing can summon
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, requiring no material components:
At will: eldritch blast (see “Actions” below), mage hand
1/day each: hold person, suggestion
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, Xardorok has
concentrating on a spell). Any equipment Xardorok wears or carries is invisible with him.Hellish Rebuke (2/Day). When Xardorok is damaged by a creature within 60 feet of him that he can see, the creature
Acolyte
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
You have spent your life in the service of a temple to a specific god or pantheon of gods. You act as an intermediary between the realm of the holy and the mortal world, performing sacred rites and
offering sacrifices in order to conduct worshipers into the presence of the divine. You are not necessarily a cleric—performing sacred rites is not the same thing as channeling divine power
monsters
, creating a jiangshi. These vengeful dead stalk their descendants, sowing terror and taking retribution for the slights or neglected burial rites that led to their cursed resurrections. Rigor mortis
notoriously afflicts the limbs of jiangshi, causing them to hold their arms rigidly and to walk with a stiff gait. This, along with their flight, leads many to call them hopping vampires.
By day, jiangshi
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If Nafik fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Nafik has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At will: Thaumaturgy
2/day each: Command, Silence
1/day: Insect PlagueIn life, Nafik was the high priest of Amun Sa, the last pharaoh of the land of Bakar
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Innate Spellcasting. The medusa's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 14). The medusa can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
1/day each
undercity like hungry predators.
LUDMILLA, THE TUNNEL VIPER
Ludmilla is the last surviving member of the Sisters of Stone Death, the trio of power-hungry medusas who slew Svogthir, the original
Jiangshi
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monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
their descendants and the communities they knew in life, sowing terror and taking retribution for the slights or neglected burial rites that led to their cursed resurrections. Rigor mortis notoriously
afflicts the limbs of jiangshi, causing them to hold their arms rigidly and to walk with a stiff gait. This, along with their flight, lead many to call them hopping vampires.
By day, jiangshi lurk
Reborn
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
realized you have no memories except for a single name.
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You were a necromancer’s undead servant for years. One day, your consciousness returned.
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You awoke in an abandoned laboratory
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
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
). The archon can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: command, guiding bolt, spare the dying
1/day each: crusader's mantle, spirit guardians
Magic
developed into the poleis of today.
Even though the age of archons is long past, many wonder if the few surviving archons might someday attempt to reestablish their empire or if they are truly resigned to their lesser role in the world.Radiant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Rites The services of the Blood of Vol focus on drawing the faithful together as a community and encouraging people to find power within themselves. The most important ritual of the faith is the
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Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the normal amount of time (up to 16 hours) each day before being subject to the effect of a forced march (see “Travel Pace” in chapter 8 of the Player’s Handbook). Additionally
of an enemy ship, surviving on brackish water and foolhardy rats. At the right moment, you crept up to the deck and took over the ship on your own.
6
Leave None Behind. You carried an
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 18). The rider can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: command, compelled duel
1/day each: banishment, blade barrier
archon overlords toppled, they scattered to the fringes of the world, and their holdings developed into the poleis of today.
Even though the age of archons is long past, many wonder if the few surviving
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
between the realm of the holy and the mortal world, performing sacred rites and offering sacrifices in order to conduct worshipers into the presence of the divine. You are not necessarily a cleric&mdash
;performing sacred rites is not the same thing as channeling divine power.
Choose a god, a pantheon of gods, or some other quasi-divine being, and work with your DM to detail the nature of your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
as cannon fodder. Over decades, a high priest named Malevanor worked with the necromancers of the Blood of Vol to develop the Odakyr Rites, which grant Karrnathi undead the ability to make tactical
Emerald Claw. The Odakyr Rites. The nation of Karrnath has a proud martial heritage, and its soldiers are unmatched in discipline. But in the early years of the Last War, Karrnath was crippled by famine and
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
target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Cult of Borem of the Lake of Boiling Mud
Borem’s Embrace (1/Day). The cultist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
extend far beyond her island domain. Long ago, it was revealed that the elven line of Vol—a house that practiced the art of necromancy and bore the Dragonmark of Death—was engaged in secret blood
rites with a clan of dragons. The discovery of this pact triggered an unprecedented alliance between the Sibling Kings of Aerenal and the dragons of Argonnessen. The Sibling Kings proclaimed that House
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Surviving in the City Waterdeep is, by and large, the most civilized city on the Sword Coast. Yet civilized doesn’t mean safe, nor does it mean easy to navigate. Many day-to-day elements of life in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
sending them on their way. The characters explore the island, dealing with horrifying undead, surviving clergy, brutal mercenaries, and living constructs in trapped tunnels. Once they have cleared the
land of the influence of the Blood of Vol. Destruction of the cult on the island certainly draws the attention of the Crimson Covenant and perhaps even Erandis d’Vol herself. Entanglement with the Order
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
rites never meant to see the light of day. Many such items, including drow armor, weapons, and piwafwi cloaks, permanently lose their magic if they are exposed to sunlight for 1 hour without interruption. Charged items such as a wand of viscid globs are destroyed after 1 hour’s exposure to sunlight.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
one of the hags is still alive. The surviving hags can sense when Zybilna is released from temporal stasis—or, rather, they can sense when their hold over Prismeer is lost. The instant Zybilna regains
is beyond the scope of this adventure; flesh out its occupants and defenses as you see fit if the characters decide to pay the hags a visit. Zybilna takes no immediate action against the surviving hags
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Oselo Darklord Chakuna’s home village, Oselo appears prosperous and relaxed, and the people are friendly to traders and visitors. Nothing strange occurs during the day. But at night, everything
outsiders, granting them protection from the Trial of Hearts. Once adopted into the village, individuals must prove themselves by undertaking initiation ceremonies focused around surviving in the forest for a week with no tools.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
intended it. They mastermind elaborate schemes and perform dark rites in the hope of one day ruling the world. Yuan-ti Abomination
Large monstrosity (shapechanger, yuan-ti), neutral evil
Armor Class 15
spells, requiring no material components:
At will: animal friendship (snakes only)
3/day: suggestion
1/day: fear
Magic Resistance. The yuan-ti has advantage on saving throws against spells
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
day. There are indeed moonlit rituals in the Marches: some to honor the daelkyr, others to maintain the wards that keep them trapped in Khyber. Humans came to the Marches long ago, refugees fleeing a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Kraul Death Priest The death priests occupy the highest roles in kraul society. They lead the buzzing chants of the kraul rites. Their inscrutable clicks and buzzing can summon crippling necromantic
following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: chill touch, poison spray
3/day each: ray of enfeeblement, ray of sickness
1/day each: animate dead, blight, vampiric touch
Pack
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
. The homeland of the orcs, it was scarred in the ancient conflict with the daelkyr. These fiends left twisted creatures and aberrations in the swamps, and sowed seeds of madness that linger to this day
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
place, one with knowledge of rule and the deities’ blessing. On the day of the ritual that would consecrate the pharaoh’s connection with the gods, Ankhtepot rallied his loyal priests and murdered their
felt the pain of every cut and every organ removed as if he were alive. Then, within an unmarked crypt, he suffered and starved for what felt like an eternity. Untold years passed, but on the day the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
rites and offering sacrifices in order to conduct worshipers into the presence of the divine. You are not necessarily a cleric — performing sacred rites is not the same thing as channeling divine power
service. Were you a lesser functionary in a temple, raised from childhood to assist the priests in the sacred rites? Or were you a high priest who suddenly experienced a call to serve your god in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
day the character is away adds 3 days to the construction time. Building a Stronghold Stronghold Construction Cost Construction Time Abbey 50,000 gp 400 days Guildhall, town or city 5,000 gp 60
character engaged in the crafting of a magic item makes progress in 25 gp increments, spending that amount for each day of work until the total cost is paid. The character is assumed to work for 8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
adventure, and if your group is a hack-and-slay gathering, they will be unhappy! Only high-level characters stand a chance of surviving, but every player who braves the tomb will have the experience
of a lifetime. Negotiation of the tomb will require quite a long time, so be prepared to spend several sessions with this material. When the game ends for the day, assume the expedition is spending
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the cyclopes from cautious to hostile. They are experts at surviving the dangers of Snapping Turtle Bay, which makes them valuable allies if characters offer them something they want. The cyclopes
sun itself on the beaches during the day. Chultans refer to the beast as King Toba. Residual magic from the Spellplague has crystallized parts of its shell. The shell’s magic grants King Toba
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
retinue. When Amun Sa died, Nafik and a cadre of priests locked themselves in Amun Sa’s tomb according to tradition. There, they performed holy rites and accepted food and offerings from the outside. As
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If Nafik fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Nafik has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
rites and offering sacrifices in order to conduct worshipers into the presence of the divine. You are not necessarily a cleric — performing sacred rites is not the same thing as channeling divine power
service. Were you a lesser functionary in a temple, raised from childhood to assist the priests in the sacred rites? Or were you a high priest who suddenly experienced a call to serve your god in a