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):At will: druidcraft, spare the dying1/day each: antilife shell, bane, feign death, speak with deadProfessors of decay wield magic that drains and twists the essence of the professors&rsquo

natural cycle instruct their students to exploit the essence of life for their own needs. Professors of decay unravel the mysteries of death and the transition of decay, and they teach that any life

Dungeon Decay The States of Ruin table can help you determine the general conditions of a dungeon area. States of Ruin 1d6 Features 1 Perilous. The area is dangerously worn and prone to collapse

Gardens of Decay The Gardens of Decay is a dreadful realm overflowing with deathly energy. Once a beautiful faerie realm called the Gardens of Delight, the demiplane was conquered and corrupted by

Embodiment of Decay While generally not malicious, topaz dragons embody decay. They view destruction as a natural means of clearing the way for new creation and growth, much as a forest fire clears

History and Decay Once, the Styes was a marvelous port district. Its magnificent buildings crowned an artificial island that was the centerpiece of a broad bay, held aloft on great oak pilings. Those

Gardens of Decay Features Unless otherwise noted, the areas within the Gardens of Decay have the following features: Brink of Death. Creatures within the Gardens of Decay have disadvantage on death

can’t be returned to life by any means. Fettered Souls. If a creature bound to the Gardens of Decay travels to a different plane, that creature vanishes after 24 hours, reappearing in the Gardens of

68. Hall of Decay Graven images of rotting corpses decorate this hall, and the floor is littered with tarnished coins, pieces of armor, broken shields, axe heads, and other bits of scrap metal. All

nonmagical objects made of cloth, leather, wood, or metal that enter this corridor instantly decay or corrode to the point of being useless and worthless. Clothing and armor falls apart, shields and

Gardens of Decay Locations The following locations appear on map 19.1. Mike Schley Map 19.1: Gardens of Decay View Player Version Glass Arboretum A strangely vibrant beacon of colors and iridescent

light, the Glass Arboretum sits at the heart of the Gardens of Decay. At first it appears to be a lush conservatory filled with vivid flowers and verdant trees, but closer inspection reveals that the

You touch a corpse or other remains. For the duration, the target is protected from decay and can’t become Undead.The spell also effectively extends the time limit on raising the target from

strength to break through barriers that repel smaller zombies.ZombiesZombies are unthinking, reanimated corpses, often gruesomely marred by decay and lethal traumas. They serve whatever

slaughter and decay. In such charnel environs, they feast on the dead with no qualms about their meals’ origins or freshness.Carrion crawlers have segmented bodies like gigantic cutworms. From

damage only.A violet fungus necrohulk forms when a violet fungus colony infests and animates an ample heap of decay. This necrohulk attacks prey and spreads fungal spores for the colony.FungiThe

from the corpses of defeated rivals.ZombiesZombies are unthinking, reanimated corpses, often gruesomely marred by decay and lethal traumas. They serve whatever supernatural force animates them

This common wondrous item has the following magical property: food and other perishable items do not age or decay while inside it. The chest is 2½ feet long, 1½ feet wide, and 1 foot tall with a half-barrel lid. It weighs 25 pounds.

vegetation that thrive in the bayou. They are living examples of the conflicting forces of life and decay existing in a harmonious cycle. Flowers and other plant life grow on their backs, necks, and heads

. When these plants die, they decay and become the ideal habitat for fungi. The older a trudge is, the wilder and more varied are the plants and fungi that thrive in the tiny ecosystem on its back.While

of Many Things (see chapter 19)— seeks out harrow hawks, capturing them and training them as hunting animals. The Grim Harrow dispatches these Undead companions from the Gardens of Decay to

everything it is wearing or carrying, except for magic items, reduced to ash.Rot blades are the entropic levers through which the Doomguard quickens the natural decay of the multiverse. These members wield weapons immersed in necrotic energy, which can turn their enemies to ash.Necrotic

return to the Gardens of Decay with the hunt incomplete. Powerful Undead, such as vampire;vampires and death knight;death knights, might be accompanied by packs of harrow hounds.PoisonNecrotic, Psychic

cycle of life and death. Witherbloom professors approach the philosophy from different directions, with one methodology focusing on decay and the other dealing with growth.

the following effects (choose one or roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Spiked Chain"}):1–2: Decay. The target takes 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10", "rollType

":"damage", "rollAction":"Spiked Chain: Decay", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.3–4: Grapple. The target is grappled (escape DC 14) if it is a Medium or smaller creature. Until the

the philosophy from different directions, with one methodology focusing on decay and the other dealing with growth.Poison

decay. Her mastery of this magic sustains her own life force even without the sustenance of food, drink, or even air.She founded Witherbloom College to pass on her understanding of the natural cycle

dangerous aspects of nature, including the inevitability of death and decay, as natural and integral parts of existence.Necrotic, Poison

disease and decay brings out similar characteristics in the creature’s swampy habitat. Such a wetland becomes gloomy, tangled, and more fetid than it was before. Beneficial qualities of the

decay and the other dealing with growth.PoisonVociferous Form (1/Day). The pledgemage transforms into an avatar of plants and shadow. While in this form, the pledgemage adds its Wisdom modifier to its AC

malevolent bent and despises the living.With or without corpses nested in its body, a corpse flower exudes a stench of decay that can overwhelm the senses of nearby creatures, causing them to become

Undead in the Grim Harrow, considering himself better than all of them and unjustly condemned to the Gardens of Decay for an act of altruism.Though the weakest of the Harrow’s three leaders

battle, at the peak of strength and skill, than endure the slow decay of old age. Few folk have ever meet an elderly goliath, and even those goliaths who have left their people grapple with the urge to

give up their lives as their physical skills decay.Because of their risk-taking, goliath tribes suffer from a chronic lack of the experience offered by long- term leaders. They hope for innate

;Bond. “Praise Orcus! May he give me the power to spread death, decay, and undeath in his name!”Flaw. “I see living people as the corpses they are doomed to become and t reat them

Druids of the Circle of Spores find beauty in decay. They see within mold and other fungi the ability to transform lifeless material into abundant, albeit somewhat strange, life.These druids

DecayWhile generally not malicious, topaz dragons embody decay. They view destruction as a natural means of clearing the way for new creation and growth, much as a forest fire clears dead wood

’s mood.Embodiment of DecayWhile generally not malicious, topaz dragons embody decay. They view destruction as a natural means of clearing the way for new creation and growth, much as a forest

eternal nature has eroded any memory of mortal life.As a result of his decay, Skall’s power has waned considerably, but challenging him in combat is as much a death sentence as ever. Factol Skall

forever. The purpose of everything is to crumble and decay.Fated. Everyone makes their own fate and is entitled to whatever they can take and hold.Fraternity of Order. All of existence is governed by

snakes infest the lair, which is filled with the stench of death and decay.Lair ActionsOn initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the

Queen of Fungi, Lady of Rot and Decay, Zuggtmoy is an alien creature whose only desire is to infect the living with spores, transforming them into her mindless servants and, eventually, into