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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Ghost Story Adventure Sites Ghost stories are intensely personal, and adventures within the genre take place in a setting dripping with tragic history. Ghost Story Adventure Sites d6 Adventure
Site
1 A decrepit conservatory whose inhabitants are prone to terrible accidents
2 A village graveyard that holds the victims of a terrible mass crime
3 A decrepit barn where dozens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Roadside Hospitality When the caravan reaches its stopping point for the night, two buxom twin sisters are there ahead of them, setting up camp and tending to their horses. Arietta and Zelina Innevar
. The sisters are actually two doppelgangers. They can either attack someone that night or join the caravan for a few days while they study the travelers and choose their victims. When the time comes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Roadside Hospitality When the caravan reaches its stopping point for the night, two buxom twin sisters are there ahead of them, setting up camp and tending to their horses. Arietta and Zelina Innevar
on. The sisters are actually two doppelgangers. They can either attack someone that night or join the caravan for a few days while they study the travelers and choose their victims. When the time
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Body Horror Settings Body horror can occur anywhere, from mundane backdrops to garishly unsettling locations. Body Horror Settings d8 Setting
1 A country of red muscle, with bleeding eyes
6 A forest of black pines draped in bodies
7 A slaughterhouse larger than it appears on the outside, full of victims mutely awaiting slaughter
8 A system of subterranean tunnels, their walls spackled with fossils or mummified organs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
lived in these caverns many years ago until adventurers got the better of her. The crumbled statue is all that remains of one of her victims. 11b. Cocoon Forest Drider Spellcaster. A drider lurks in
Monster Manual.
Statues. The main cave has a 40-foot-high ceiling filled with the petrified victims of a medusa that once lived here. The drider has wrapped these statues in thick webs, creating an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Starting the Adventure The adventure’s default starting location is the city of Baldur’s Gate on the Sword Coast, in the Forgotten Realms setting. However, any large settlement will do. Possibilities
the dead. Victims grow thinner and weaker each day, slowly but steadily sliding toward the death they once denied. When they finally succumb, they can’t be raised — and neither can anyone else
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
nature of the horror is on display. Ghost Story Settings d8 Setting
1 A realm where speaking to spirits is just like speaking with the living
2 A graveyard city-state where all living
residents are grave keepers
3 A nation where the residents observe grueling rituals to keep the angry dead appeased
4 A city where the victims of violence can’t cross into the afterlife
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
eternal torment as victims of malign forces known as the Dark Powers. Ravenloft is a fundamentally magical realm, one that takes its name from its most infamous haunted location, the dreaded Castle
Ravenloft in Barovia—home of the notorious Strahd von Zarovich. In this mysterious setting, the land, the passage of time, the tides, and every other reliable truth can shift unpredictably. Rather than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
inns, discrediting rival businesses while attacking the houses. 4 During a plague, a House Jorasco healer chooses which victims to cure and which to let die — and worse, which ones live to spread the
or an associate of theirs. 12 A rogue heir of House Vadalis is breeding monstrous animals and setting them loose in the countryside.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
beasts and blink dogs attack each other on sight. Love of the Kill. Displacer beasts kill not just for food but also for sport. They target prey even when not hungry, often toying with their victims to
beasts hunt alone or in small prides that demonstrate skill at setting ambushes. A single beast will strike and withdraw, luring prey into a densely wooded area where its packmates wait. Packs of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Adventures in Lamordia Themes of body horror pervade adventures set in Lamordia. Here characters might become victims of Dr. Mordenheim’s experiments or uncover terrible truths underlying the
domain’s strange science. In the latter case, Lamordia’s sinister steampunk veneer offers a perfect setting for a grotesque flavor of gothic horror, focusing on lives enslaved to machines, the worth of flesh
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
locations suitable for adventure, where the heroes confront the Darklord’s threats. For inspiration, refer to the Setting and Adventure Sites tables in the “Genres of Horror” section later in this
characters take the Darklord’s situation from bad to worse, whether as fanatical supporters or tragic victims? Write down three types of characters who are aligned with the Darklord and three who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. But even as she enjoyed the gifts he lavished on her, Vanifer hated the pasha for seeing her as a mere trophy. She left before long, robbing the pasha of a small fortune in jewelry and setting fire to
her wiles, using them as she needs and discarding them the moment they lose their usefulness. It’s a testament to her natural talent that many of her victims are pathetically eager to bask in the glow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Diseases
A plague ravages the kingdom, setting the adventurers on a quest to find a cure. An adventurer emerges from an ancient tomb, unopened for centuries, and soon finds herself suffering
.
Cackle Fever This disease targets humanoids, although gnomes are strangely immune. While in the grips of this disease, victims frequently succumb to fits of mad laughter, giving the disease its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Sanctuary Dozens of townsfolk have barricaded themselves inside the temple to Chauntea (area 3), which is surrounded by raiders. The attackers tried setting fire to the stout structure but had little
adventurers. Each kobold automatically kills one villager each round unless characters attack the kobolds, cut them off from their victims, or interfere some other way. If townsfolk have already evacuated the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
mobile tactics combining psionics and magic to devastate their foes. They hit hard, setting buildings aflame and killing all in their path, to foster a panic among their victims that cripples any hope
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Sanctuary Dozens of townsfolk have barricaded themselves inside the temple to Chauntea (area 3), which is surrounded by raiders. The attackers tried setting fire to the stout structure but had little
adventurers. Each kobold automatically kills one villager each round unless characters attack the kobolds, cut them off from their victims, or interfere some other way. If townsfolk have already evacuated the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
enslaved to its new master’s wishes and subconscious whims. It forms near its master, sometimes appearing before that individual to receive orders and other times simply setting about the fulfillment of its
delight in murder, and nothing pleases them more than causing horrific pain. They lurk like spiders in shadowy recesses, waiting for victims to approach within reach of their long, bony limbs. Once
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
restraining trap tries to keep its victims in place, leaving them unable to move. Such traps are often employed in conjunction with regular guard patrols, so that victims are periodically extricated and taken
denizens — assuming the residents know about the trap and how to avoid setting it off. Accidents can happen, but if a goblin stumbles inside its den and activates an alarm trap, there’s no real harm done. The alarm sounds, the guards arrive, they punish the clumsy goblin, and they reset the trap.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
easily tear a grown man apart, they love hunting children, preferring their flesh above all others. They use the flayed skin of such victims to make supple leather, and a hag’s lair often shows the signs
wandering outside without permission, then graduating to pushing someone down the stairs or setting a house on fire. Sooner or later, the child’s family and community become terrified of the “bad seed” and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
to own their own horses. Yet the true gem setting Garynmor Stables apart is its menagerie. A former world traveler, Ubis Garynmor (chaotic good male human commoner) has long had a fascination with
slaughterhouse and begun murdering people across the city, leaving the victims in an alley behind the Smilin’ Boar in Bloomridge. To further fan the flames, the cult slices the corpses across the wrists and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
of transportation, cutting down on the need of city dwellers to own their own horses. Yet the true gem setting Garynmor Stables apart is its menagerie. A former world traveler, Ubis Garynmor (chaotic
chaos, cultists of the Dead Three have infiltrated the slaughterhouse and begun murdering people across the city, leaving the victims in an alley behind the Smilin’ Boar in Bloomridge. To further fan the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
other than necrotic, poison, or psychic damage, there’s a 20 percent chance that a nearby crate explodes, setting off a chain reaction that engulfs the entire warehouse in flames. The initial explosion
, along with one of the first victims to be enthralled by the Whisperer after its arrival in the Styes: a hateful man named Harid (LE male human assassin). He fell victim to the Whisperer while
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
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
conducted in the Wide, the city’s most prominent civic space and public market. Every morning sees an influx of vendors setting up their stalls and taking deliveries from a small army of porters. Every
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
green coloration is particularly nauseating in this setting. Flanking the braziers, in the form of triangles pointing downward, are two sets of candelabra, each candelabrum having three branches. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
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
in the Wide, the city’s most prominent civic space and public market. Every morning sees an influx of vendors setting up their stalls and taking deliveries from a small army of porters. Every sunset