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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
depressions. If any of the characters succeed on a DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check, they determine that victims were originally bound in chains in such a manner that the water dripping from the ceiling would
drive them completely insane. A successful DC 25 Intelligence (Investigation) check turns up a rather sizeable black pearl (pearl of power) that seems to have found its way to the bottom of one of the depressions. Treasure & Rewards The characters may find the following treasure. A pearl of power
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
creator and Ruxithid can command the Construct to cast it. If this fight seems too easy for the party, add two goblin psi brawlers (see appendix A), who rush from Zorzula’s Rest to join the combat in
Room. The goblins used the west wing of the sanctum to hold their kidnap victims. Most of the victims were transported elsewhere to serve as “offerings for the gods” (or food for the mind flayers), but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
to lurk where statuary seems commonplace or where terrain obscures the shape and color of their bodies. Roll on or choose a result from the Gargoyle Camouflage table to inspire where a gargoyle sets up
rock formation
4 The petrified victims of a basilisk or medusa.
5 Reliefs on a sculpted gate or wall.
6 Rubble in a ruin or junkyard.
7 Stalactites or icicles on a cavern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
balance more in the hag’s favor. All these factors contribute to the hag’s being able to set her terms for the bargain, presenting an offer that appears reasonable, and perhaps seems to have a tempting
can’t be perverted, or that the earlier victims got too greedy when they were proposing a deal. Even if only one or two people make deals with a hag every year, over time many unfortunates can come
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
else and brought with them all the rank and dank of the sunless sea. No one knows what they want, and seems to me, neither do they.
—Trosli Garnetgetter, gnome explorer
Kuo-toa Kuo-toa loot ruins
and raid communities near their dwellings in the Underdark. Their shields are coated in sticky slime, which they use to disarm their foes, and they employ slimy nets to entrap victims. They usually
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Domains of Dread. They don’t always claim their victims bodily, though. Rather, the Mists might steal characters’ minds, placing them into survivors involved in specific terrifying scenarios. Perhaps
survivors are designed to engage with terrifying circumstances, but their triumph over such threats is not assured. Players’ decisions will certainly impact the survivors’ fates, but if it seems like doom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
. The Soul Trade No one in Excelsior is sure of it yet, but Sincerity is behind the disappearances in town. She uses empty iron flasks provided by the night hag Uncle Longteeth to capture victims, then
, or Sincerity’s neighbors. If so, relevant locals might share the following information: Sincerity seems like a nice person, but she keeps to herself. The local saw Sincerity walking near where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
, one at either end of the hallway and a set of double doors on the midpoint of the western wall.
The door to the north is barred, though it seems to have no latch. The image of a bear holding a disk
a 5-foot-square pit starts to drop open. The pit is lined with spikes. The cover fully opens in 2 rounds, at which point the arms swiftly spring back into the lintel, releasing any victims to plummet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the cave-in. Mounds of broken rock block the tunnel, piled from ceiling to floor. The other parts of the cave-in were passable after the collapse, but this seems an impenetrable wall of earth
pillars of moss-covered stone support the twenty-foot-high ceiling, and waist-high stone slabs dot the cavern.
The meenlocks bring their victims here to be tormented and transformed. The stone slabs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
that inhabited the city captured a unique medusa — Gloine Nathair-Nathair, whose gaze could transform victims into glass instead of stone. A cult of the medusa arose to worship the creature, which was
effectively incarcerated within a central temple. Kenku priests brought regular sacrificial victims — both willing and unwilling — to stand before the medusa’s gaze. And when Gloine Nathair-Nathair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
few trees.
Tracks. The ground seems to be covered with the tracks of large deer or elk, but a successful DC 25 Intelligence (Nature) check reveals that these tracks are those of leucrottas. Creatures
pool and two on the walls near the pool. They wait and watch, attacking when the characters move within reach, which their handlers rarely do. The chokers in the trees try to pull victims into the treed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
them, she seems confused and scared, saying she can’t. If she’s coerced, or if a character investigates the pile of limbs, the soul shaker awakens. Soul Shaker. When the characters try to leave the
a fraction of the memories of Kianna’s friend Culley, but the horror has perverted those thoughts, seeking to control Kianna, manipulate her guilt, and use her to lure other victims into its lair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
nautiloid’s battle prow. He waves his arms to get their attention and seems to be in distress. If one or more characters enter the nautiloid’s air envelope, he introduces himself as Benoto Kralazar and
Kralazar and has since been using the disguise to lure other victims onto the Lucent Edict. If the characters board the Lucent Edict, Benoto shows them around the ship while he spins a tale about his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
giants are aptly named. Though they are not themselves undead, they wear death like a shroud. Its stink lingers around them, and even sunlight seems to dim in their presence.
—Bigby
Fire Giant
: 1d4 + 1) with 5 commoner captives (attitude: 1d8 + 4)
4 1 fomorian deep crawler* (attitude: 1d4 + 1) scuttling in search of victims
5 1 fomorian (attitude: 1d10) supervising 1 umber hulk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
anchor outside the harbor up to a mile away, ready to defend the anchorage. The third ship is always at sea, usually prowling for victims. You can randomly determine which ships are where. The captain of
captain overboard. The other captains are still adjusting to their ill-mannered new confederate, who seems intent on bullying his way toward declaring himself king of the pirates.
Elok wants to stop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
psychically sensitive Ten-Towners (human commoners) who have been kept awake by a telepathic distress signal that it seems only they can hear. They were drawn together by this common experience. They don’t
cannibalism to survive. The furriers and trappers are merely the camp’s latest victims, and more disappearances are likely to occur unless the cannibals are dealt with. Aluka gives directions to the camp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
dwarven city sprawl in the subterranean night. From somewhere within comes an agonized wail, followed by a breathless ramble of whimpering pleas. Then the whole city seems to join the chorus with the
the arrow slits. They torment the characters by replicating the screams and pleas of the tormented victims of the kenku torturer (area A12). Arrow Slit Corners. The gatehouse was designed in a zigzag
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
of treasure and blood. Time and time again, the screams of sacrificial victims echo through Lolth’s lightless temples as they fall under the knives of her priestesses. Her altars are piled with skulls
picked clean of flesh by the giant spiders that lurk in the web-draped stalactites overhead. In return for victims and adoration, Lolth grants signs of her favor, such as great success during a slave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
fashioned in the shape of a scowling gargoyle, but the hand that opened the panel seems human enough. From beneath the mask comes a female voice: “Yes? What do you want?”
The monks listen to their
. After hearing out the characters, Qarbo chooses one of the following options: If the party seems ready to join the cult, Qarbo explains that they must start with a period of self-denial and reflection
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
enjoy ambushing travelers, but there haven’t been many travelers recently. The ropers don’t know that gricks have been poaching their potential prey. They’re hungry and desperate for victims. The ropers
secret about the odd tower: it’s a rare magic item from the Plane of Earth that seems to have been accidentally activated (Zoklork doesn’t know about the obelisk fragment). The mudslick tower’s command
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
with a 50-foot-high ceiling (which enables even very tall victims to be suspended on chains well above the floor). The stairway and the chamber are lit by torches, but the area is lightly obscured due to
illusions, the whole place is illuminated by a strange, swirling light that seems to be part of the very air. Eddies of luminosity drift here and there, causing the whole scene to be difficult to perceive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
and is quietly cursing and whispering.
Glitter, a tiefling spy transformed into a kobold by the hags (see “Coven Victims” earlier in the adventure), is working late for his masters. He is trying to
. Glitter immediately surrenders if confronted and tries to explain himself. If any character treats him kindly or seems to be heroic, he might tell the characters the truth of his transformation and beg
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
other fortifications. Yet as horrifying as he finds those possibilities, he seems more concerned about himself: smokepowder security is his responsibility, and he can’t tell the city government about the
as their limbs thrashed uncontrollably — caused many Baldurians to rethink their approach to medicine. Requiring individual victims to seek out healing from their respective clergies accelerated the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
seems more concerned about himself: smokepowder security is his responsibility, and he can’t tell the city government about the theft without getting punished for negligence. Yet if he keeps quiet and
rethink their approach to medicine. Requiring individual victims to seek out healing from their respective clergies accelerated the disease’s spread as the infected traveled to different houses of worship
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
characters are reduced to 0 hit points, they wake up as prisoners inside the Indigo Sanctum’s left wing (see the “Sanctum Showdown” section) alongside Phandalin’s kidnap victims. Characters who enter the
that Ruxithid’s stays in this room have become increasing infrequent. Whenever Ruxithid comes, the goblin always seems distracted, poring over scraps of paper and then leaving in a manic rush. Hjoldak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
sneakily directs monsters toward the wreck’s survivors and revels in the victims’ suffering. Ilren also magically modified Figaro’s memories and usurped power in the camp. On meeting the characters
Camp Member. Daveras’s usual card partner, a halfling woman named Cirit, hasn’t shown up for their games lately. Camp members said Cirit left to scout the other wreck segments, but Daveras seems
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
murderer to his lair, for he seems to melt into the city’s fog after each slaying. Distant Shores Tendai and Khennen Shore (chaotic good human commoners) are a married couple that runs a successful
to stop her, since the victims are social inferiors whose welfare isn’t worth interrupting their own revels. It’s also likely that her siblings are in denial about the true extent of their sister’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
murderer to his lair, for he seems to melt into the city’s fog after each slaying. Distant Shores Tendai and Khennen Shore (chaotic good human commoners) are a married couple that runs a successful
to stop her, since the victims are social inferiors whose welfare isn’t worth interrupting their own revels. It’s also likely that her siblings are in denial about the true extent of their sister’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
. The characters might be able to see area 3 as they descend. A fortress emerges from the darkness. The subterranean citadel, though impressive, seems long forgotten, if the lightless windows,cracked
Sculpture. If a creature moves within 5 feet of the dragon statue, a magic mouth spell causes the dragon to utter a riddle in Common (to viewers, it seems as though the stone jaws are actually moving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
civilization. A black dragon’s lair is a dismal cave, grotto, or ruin that is at least partially flooded, providing pools where the dragon rests, and where its victims can ferment. The lair is
littered with the acid-pitted bones of previous victims and the fly-ridden carcasses of fresh kills, watched over by crumbling statues. Centipedes, scorpions, and snakes infest the lair, which is filled