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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Tower is an outpost of the Church of the Silver Flame, staffed by a single hermit tasked to watch for supernatural threats. Though the City of the Dead is largely peaceful, stories circulate about dark
The City of the Dead Look to the cliffs to the north of Sharn, and you’ll see a collection of crypts embedded into the cliff face. This is the City of the Dead, the final resting place of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
early stage of a rebuilding period. The settlers tasked with rebuilding Leilon are funded by the Lord Protector of Neverwinter, Dagult Neverember. Lord Neverember hopes the town can act as a safe
waypoint between the cities of Neverwinter and Waterdeep, as well as protect travelers from threats originating in the swampy Mere of Dead Men. As the adventure progresses, the characters become embroiled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Ward. Exorcists. When evil spirits and other wicked apparitions rear their ugly heads, the Heralds of Dust deploys exorcists to expel those spirits so the dead may rest in peace. See this supplement’s
appendix for more on exorcists. Extractors. Whereas the corpse collectors scoop up any old body lying around the Hive Ward, extractors are tasked with retrieving and safeguarding the bodies of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
Dead Man’s Message After the characters’ first few days patrolling the city, tragedy strikes. Read or paraphrase the following: An anguished scream erupts from a nearby alley. The sound comes from a
slender human woman clad in the light leather armor of a scout or investigator. Clutched in her arms is the dead body of a human man clad in a tattered gray robe. The man and woman bear a striking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
characters must convince the council to return them to life. Escape from the Underworld The dead characters wake up in Hades (see chapter 6) and must find a way to escape the grim underworld and return
and has them raised from the dead, putting the adventurers in the debt of their rescuer. What if the adventurers wake up decades after their death, returned to life by a Resurrection spell cast by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Fall of Onyari When the metallic dragons remaining on Krynn learned the kingpriest had desecrated the resting place of their dead, they were furious. Though some dragons urged a more moderate path
, the gold dragon Karavarix refused to hold back. He led a contingent of metallic dragons to the soaring city, intent on forcing it to land. The god Paladine tasked the Knight of Solamnia Zanas Sarlamir
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Knight Sarlamir’s Curse Among the dead entombed beneath Castle Kalaman lies the body of Knight Zanas Sarlamir. A respected knight of the Order of the Crown, Sarlamir received a divine quest from the
enraged the metallic dragons that had long remained hidden on Krynn. Paladine tasked Sarlamir with going to this flying city, assuaging the dragons’ fury, and convincing the kingpriest to return the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
Running the Adventure This adventure is designed to be playable in two or three hours. The characters are contracted by Lord Protector Dagult Neverember of Neverwinter to patrol the city. When a dead
man is found clutching a withered eyeball, the characters are tasked with uncovering the cause of the man’s death. This leads the characters to investigate the city’s old catacombs and confront
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
tasked with holding these caves until reinforcements arrive. Using the resources at his disposal, Orl has created illusions designed to discourage the troglodytes from entering this area. As part of
using sign language. In truth, the drow are nine troglodyte zombies created using animate dead and disguised with a seeming spell. 8c. Orl’s Cave Water. Fresh water trickles into this cave from cracks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
are drafted by the Flaming Fist, the army of mercenaries tasked with protecting Baldur’s Gate. Without Grand Duke Ulder Ravengard to lead them, the Flaming Fist mercenaries are little more than
glorified thugs. The characters’ orders are to help maintain peace by rooting out and destroying followers of Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul — evil gods collectively known as the Dead Three. These vile priests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, Tymaret the Murder King, a servant of Erebos tasked with returning Phenax to the Underworld. Knowing that Phenax could disguise himself as anyone, Tymaret slaughters all living souls, just to be thorough
, there was one witness to his escape, an unremarkable soul called Tymaret. Sharing what he’d seen with the god of the dead, Tymaret received a cursed blessing from Erebos: he would be restored to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Master’s Guide). The drow believes he or she is the true voice of Lolth, tasked by the Demon Queen of Spiders to admonish everyone for their lack of devotion, warning that “Demons will consume you all!” The
mad drow wears an amulet made from a dead spider. Shield Dwarf Berserker This chaotic neutral dwarf — a former slave of the drow — sees nonexistent enemies everywhere, swinging his or her greataxe at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
murderer is bound to its severed hand, haunting and animating it. If a dead murderer’s spirit already manifests as another undead creature, if the murderer is raised from death, or if the spirit has
claw can’t be tasked with finding and killing a particular person, because its limited senses and intelligence prevent it from tracking and picking out specific individuals. However, a command to kill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
abandoned for years. Its inhabitants hail from Neverwinter and are in the paid service of the city’s Lord Protector, who has tasked them with turning Leilon into a fortified settlement that can ward
off threats from the Mere of Dead Men. Mere of Dead Men Travelers on the High Road, which skirts the mere to the east, must resist being lured into this cold and desolate swamp by bobbing will-o
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
encounter, characters seeking a missing body must find their quarry among the other dead, whether for themselves, another faction, or an interested party in Sigil. During the characters’ search, the
Player Version Three zombies process the dead under the supervision of two Duster morticians (each uses the cultist stat block). An animated coffin (see the appendix) loiters nearby. Periodically, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Army. Ambushing the Enemy The characters are tasked with investigating a farmstead eighteen miles east of the city, after fleeing residents report the farm was overrun by soldiers. When the
scout tied to a tree in the center of the camp, being harassed by two baaz draconians (see appendix B); the other scout lies dead nearby. A kapak draconian (see appendix B) hides in the trees above the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
throughout the chamber, and dusty scrolls line pigeonholes along the walls.
The records room is the lair of Thaeziagnuz, a demilich poet tasked with eulogizing Sigil’s dead. Thaeziagnuz can speak
morgue, a sterile room where Heralds of Dust identify the dead. It is described in the “Hey, Chief!” section and contains no creatures other than the talking skull Morte (see the accompanying stat block
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
character for dead. Now it’s time to even the score. The character earns inspiration for defeating the Black Earth cultists in area M9 of the Sacred Stone Monastery and again for defeating Hedorm in
defeating Thurl and again for discovering the Temple of Howling Hatred. Undercover The character is tasked to break up a smuggling and piracy ring on the Dessarin River headquartered at Rivergard Keep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
descends, roaring as it lands atop the watchtower.
The creature is Akhviri, an adult black dragon tasked with retrieving the dragon egg for Belephaion. If the characters haven’t left evidence of their
Akhviri’s Attention. Characters must succeed on a DC 21 group Dexterity (Stealth) check to avoid Akhviri’s notice. If something is visibly amiss at the camp (such as dead soldiers or signs of battle), the DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
them are away from camp when the characters arrive, helping the Vistani search for Arabelle. Strahd has tasked the Vistani with keeping an eye on the dusk elves, and the dusk elves know they aren’t
burdened by dreams sent to him by his dead sister, Patrina Velikovna, whose spirit has languished in the catacombs below Castle Ravenloft for centuries. Kasimir believes that Patrina has repented for her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
potential and try to push you to greatness? 5 Golem Guide. Your guild contact is the soul of a long-dead artisan preserved in a construct body. This golem is wise and knowledgeable, but it has
, has gone missing. You must track down its whereabouts and secure it before time runs out and the guild suffers a penalty. 5 The Collector. Your guild is tasked to create or acquire something wondrous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
tend them were dead. Nowadays, drow still create chitines when they have need to. Outside the presence of a choldrith, chitines make good workers for the drow, and they can be useful if the drow find
workers might be tasked to dig a pit trap and cover it with fragile webbing disguised with loose dirt to appear as a solid surface. A colony can support numerous choldriths, which serve as commanders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
prone, taking damage from the fall as normal. Treasure. Characters who search the wreckage find the headless skeletons of four dead Netherese wizards and a 200-pound iron safe with a combination lock
scores of real icicles that festoon the ceiling. The ice mephits are tasked with guarding the cave but do not enter melee combat willingly. An ice mephit’s preferred tactic is to use its action to fly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
and Finder of Trails. Besilmer dwarves revered these gods as watchers over their dead. The air cultists started exploring the tombs, but they suspended their exploration after ghoul attacks. They and
power of the horn, the summoned djinni was obligated to complete a single service or task. Torhild tasked the djinni with the daunting task of keeping the palace quarter in good repair – a task he has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
corpses include dead explorers, troglodytes, and cave-dwelling creatures. A wicked spirit of hunger (use the wraith stat block) resides here, a sliver of the lesser god Laogzed’s power. The troglodytes
worth 50 gp each, and a sealed scroll tube with a Spell Scroll of Raise Dead. Adrián Ibarra Lugo A spirit of hunger emerges from a wall of calcified corpses to devour the souls of the living G3: Great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
representative from another city, and a spell scroll of raise dead. Evermoor Way The Evermoor Way has long been a vital trade route, connecting the settlements of the Dessarin Valley with those of the Silver
Giants”) cuts a swath through the icy crust over the shallow bay as it approaches and slowly grinds to a dead stop. The ship carries twenty frost giants. Twelve of them leap over the sides, walking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
roundabout. North of the statue is a stone building with an open front, above which hangs a sign that reads “Earth Mother’s Bounty.” Visitors can buy seeds and cornucopias here. Tasked by the abbot with
Lifferlas (see appendix D). Created by a long-dead druid, Lifferlas is the oldest living resident of Goldenfields. It speaks Common and has long entertained the children of the workers with harrowing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the crevasse takes 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage, has the prone condition, and lands in a jumble of rubble that counts as difficult terrain. Dead Goblins. Underneath the southern bridge are corpses of
of the Lords’ Alliance, Glasstaff seized an opportunity in Phandalin to line his own pockets. Originally tasked with setting up a constabulary, he instead assembled a group of outlaws and local