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corpses to eat and living creatures to hunt. A harrow hawk can even travel the multiverse, flying magically from one world to another.
The Grim Harrow—a band of Undead beings created by the Deck
search for Deck of Many Things;Decks of Many Things. On harrowing hunts, harrow hawks scout for the prey and accompany the Grim Harrow in battle.PoisonShadow Dash. When the hawk is in dim light or
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dangerously curious spirits manifested as physical beings when the Deck of Many Things was shuffled for the first time. The rifflers were so enraptured with the soft sound made by the whispering cards
Card Sense. The riffler can smell the presence of magical cards, including Deck of Many Things;Decks of Many Things and other magical decks, within 1 mile of itself. It knows the direction to any
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the first Deck of Many Things. She doesn’t know why this is but surmises her life is tied to that deck; so long as it continues to exist, so will she. She has no way to prove this hypothesis
, but she nevertheless opposes groups like the Grim Harrow (see chapter 19) that seek to destroy the Deck of Many Things.PoisonEmpowering Aegis (Recharge 4–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge
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", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition.When the Grim Harrow first found the faerie realm
forever. In time, the necrotic magic of the Grim Harrow animated the corpses of the blink dogs as the first harrow hounds.
The Grim Harrow employs harrow hounds as trackers and companions. Harrow
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Created in the image of the Deck of Many Things, this deck of ivory or vellum cards bestows an assortment of minor benefits and penalties on those who draw from it. Most (75 percent) of these decks
. Unless a card states otherwise, as soon as you draw a card from the deck, its magic takes effect. You must draw each card you declared no more than 1 hour after the previous draw. If you fail to draw
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it was a person at first, but then I saw its head. Next, its arm. I knew I had to run.”
—Werthil,Kender Adventurer
Moonlight guardians are gleaming bipedal statues made of silver and
mithral. They were originally created by a desperate mage on Krynn who drew the Moon card from a Deck of Many Things. The mage wished for a retinue of bodyguards ideally suited to fighting lycanthropes
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Underdark.
Many scholars agree there’s a link between talon beasts, the constellation of the Talons (see chapter 13), and the Talons card found in a Deck of Many Things, but it’s not
clear which came first. The card—which destroys all magic items possessed by anyone who draws it—might have been named after the beast, or vice versa.
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masters. The first breath drinker manifested in the multiverse when the Void card was first drawn from the original Deck of Many Things.Poison, RadiantAcid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksNecrotic
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, might have been the first person to draw the Skull card from a Deck of Many Things and be slain by the avatar of death. Even Jyn doesn’t know for sure, as that was so long ago that she’s
Grim Harrow, Jyn is desperate to destroy the deck and end her painful existence. If she could, she’d take the entire multiverse with her.
The Grim Champion of Desolation rides a malevolent
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centered on a point the hierophant can see within 60 feet of itself. Each creature within the sphere has the blinded and deafened conditions. Each creature that enters the sphere for the first time on a
one world, one for each card in a Deck of Many Things. As a group, hierophants are sometimes called Sages, but each hierophant is also identified with a particular card. When a hierophant dies, the
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, a Vistana, is the protégé of Rudolph van Richten—despite the fact that her first encounter with the vampire hunter was anything but pleasant.
Witness to Tragedy. When Ezmerelda
herself.
Tarokka Deck. Ezmerelda keeps a deck of tarokka cards in her wagon (chapter 11, area V1). Although the cards aren’t magical, Ezmerelda can use them to perform a card reading for the
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Over the centuries since the first Deck of Many Things was created, many have sought and failed to replicate it. But some have created new cards. These forty-four additional cards are known
collectively as the Deck of Many More Things. (More information on creating new cards for this deck appears in chapter 2.)
Like the Deck of Many Things, the Deck of Many More Things manifests differently on
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storm is active, the area of the storm is difficult terrain. Whenever a creature enters the storm for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it must make a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw
Deck of Many Things. The avatar of death slew her in a flash. That was many centuries ago, and Wynemar is now a powerful and bloodthirsty Undead commander of the Grim Harrow.
Wreathed in searing
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The Deck in D&D The Deck of Many Things is as old as D&D, but it’s had many variations over almost fifty years. The deck first appeared in print in 1975, in the pages of Greyhawk, the first
supplement for the Dungeons & Dragons game. This earliest version of the deck established mechanical effects associated with the various cards. The deck was assembled with the face cards, aces, and jokers from
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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons With the publication of the first Dungeon Master’s Guide in 1979, the most recognizable aspects of the Deck of Many Things were established. Here, the names of the cards
first appeared, and the deck was expanded to twenty-two cards. These changes signaled the deck’s transition from something inspired by playing cards to one inspired by the tarot; a traditional tarot
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Third Edition When D&D was reimagined in its third edition, the new Dungeon Master’s Guide included the Deck of Many Things. The mechanical effects of the cards and the card names remained largely
unchanged from the first and second edition versions, but there were two important differences. Tarot cards had become much more familiar to players and were easier to find, so DMs were instructed how
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Dungeon Master Toolbox The first five chapters provide tools for DMs: Chapter 1: Fool. This chapter includes a history of the deck in D&D—illustrating both the deck’s importance and its ever-changing
nature—and a summary of the book’s contents. Chapter 2: Key. This vital chapter advises you on introducing the deck and using it in a campaign without breaking your game! Chapter 3: Balance. Cards
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-two magical cards drawn from constellations in the night sky, and she used thirteen of these cards to change the destinies of Asteria and Euryale. These cards formed the first Deck of Many Things, an
powerful faerie trickster or made by gods of chance as a test for greedy mortals. Use the story that best suits your campaign. Hinchel Or Istus creates the first Deck of Many Things
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first encounter deck, and when you remove cards from that deck, replace those cards with an equal number of random cards from the second deck. This method is particularly effective if the second deck
Evolving the Encounter Deck Evolving your encounter deck fosters a sense of progress, creating a rough narrative arc as the adventurers explore an area. You can evolve the deck to make encounters
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mysterious faerie market described in chapter 14 is home to a nilbog fortune teller named Oddlewin who uses a Deck of Many Things to read the future of his customers. This might be the first time that
Introducing the Deck This book provides several ways to introduce the Deck of Many Things to your campaign, depending on the interests of your players and the kind of story you want to tell. The
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from it, the complete deck reappears magically in her possession at the conclusion of the adventure. But if she remains as an NPC in your campaign, or is first placed in an earlier adventure, consider
must first be formally drawn so that its primary effect can play out. Additionally (and especially if the characters don’t choose to take Mary as a hireling), the deck of several things might not be in
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Fourth Edition Two versions of the deck were presented for the fourth edition of D&D. The first appeared in Dungeon 177 and was an artifact intended for heroes of levels 11–20; the second appeared a
; they had minds of their own and pursued secret purposes. The deck sought to sow chaos and topple powerful leaders regardless of whether they were good or evil. Characters who helped the deck pursue
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detail two ways to head off potential complications before the characters draw their first card. “Customizing Your Deck” suggests strategies for stacking the deck with only cards that will be fun for
Preparing to Use the Deck The power and unpredictability of a Deck of Many Things gives it the potential to wildly alter the course of campaigns. In an instant, characters could inherit a keep
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the harrowing hunt in pursuit of the characters. Domenico Cava Jyn Corvis may have been the first person
to draw the Skull card from the deck Redemption. Asteria (see chapter 22) believes the Grim
Adventure Hooks The Grim Harrow includes both weak and powerful Undead, and it serves as an antagonist organization for adventurers of every level. The threat it poses turns any Deck of Many Things
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: the ruins of Gardmore Abbey.
This adventure location was first described in Madness at Gardmore Abbey, a boxed adventure for D&D’s fourth edition. In that adventure, Gardmore Abbey was located in the
high tide.
Regardless of where you place Gardmore Abbey, you can use the site to introduce a Deck of Many Things to your campaign. The deck lies in the hoard of Mekkalath, a powerful dragon, who nests
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, 10-foot-square hatch on the flat top of the flying fortress. The hatch is watched by the bone devils that fly above the fortress and leads to a corridor just outside the bridge on the command deck
. The corridor is not guarded while the flying fortress is moored at the Stygian Dock. Signal Vents Tiny hatches in the hull connect to 1-foot-diameter chutes that ascend to the vessel’s command deck
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quarters (area 8 for the deck wizard, area 9 for the captain, area 13 for the first mate, area 14 for the bosun). The remaining five bandits occupy area 10. Incorrect Signal. If the characters did not send
the characters. In Case of Surrender If the ship’s captain, the first mate, the bosun, and the deck wizard are all killed or have fled, and if the characters then outnumber the surviving crew and
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Euryale One card in the Deck of Many Things (see chapter 7) bears a person’s proper name, and the card’s namesake, Euryale (YUR-ee-ale or yur-EYE-a-lee), is the subject of much speculation. Often
assumed to be a fearsome demigod (perhaps the first medusa) or the wielder of a destructive curse, Euryale is actually a key part of the story of the magical deck’s creation. After befriending a princess
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on the next attack roll it makes before the end of the ship’s next turn. Full Speed Ahead As an action while on deck, the captain, first mate, or bosun can exhort the crew to work harder and drive the
Special Officer Actions During an encounter, the captain, first mate, and bosun each have access to two special action options: Take Aim and Full Speed Ahead, both detailed below. Take Aim As an
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. When the first Deck of Many Things was created, the Donjon card was linked to the sphere, sending prisoners there.
Jim Zaccaria
The collective distress of the sphere’s prisoners ultimately
Chapter 17: Donjon This chapter, intended for DMs, details a dungeon called the Donjon Sphere. You can use this dungeon to describe the fate of a character who draws the Donjon card from a Deck of
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like this is meant to be read aloud or paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive at a location or under a specific circumstance, as described in the text.
When a creature’s name
of spelljamming vessels mentioned in the adventure and includes deck plans for each one. At your discretion, you can provide the players with a copy of the deck plans for whatever ship they’re sailing aboard and allow them to manage the ship’s activity during encounters.
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Upper Deck The main deck of Emperor of the Waves is likely the first part of the ship the characters explore — and will be the last stage of their desperate escape. 1. Main Deck The Emperor’s upper
and aft appear intact, as does the metal grate in the deck that offers access to the lower decks. Aside from the rhythmic creak of the ship’s badly weathered timbers, all seems quiet.
This area is
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attack is designed to strike terror into its enemies: first by striking their main deck with a blast from its Hellfire Orb, and then by ramming into their flank so to the dreadnaught’s skeletal figurehead
drums from its oar deck. The death knight dreadnaught can perceive through the magical fog, but its crew cannot. If the dreadnaught sights an unknown ship, it tries to ambush and ram the vessel. The
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Right into the Action When everyone is ready to begin, roll for initiative. Then read or paraphrase the following aloud: You stand on the deck of your spelljamming ship, Moonraider, even as
explosions obliterate two of its masts and hurl a dozen of your fellow sailors into Wildspace! Distant stars and wheeling clouds of multicolored gas spin around you as the first pirate galleon slams into
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cloaker 7–10 No encounter Stern Segment The largest piece of the wreck, the stern segment, is nestled in Havock’s hip bones. A handful of stranded shipwreck survivors led by the Lambent Zenith’s first
lock himself in his quarters, where one of the safe room’s ward runes is located. Characters approaching this wreck segment can land on either the sterncastle deck (area Z1a) or in the companionway