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"name": "Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary",
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"The Mortuary rises above Sigil, the crossroads of the multiverse, like a dead hand erupting from a grave. Headquarters of the Heralds of Dust, one of the oldest philosophical factions in the City of Doors, the Mortuary is a house of death: a morgue, funeral home, and tomb of immense scale linked to burial sites on other planes and worlds. The Mortuary is located in the Hive Ward, the seediest of Sigil's districts. In the Mortuary's eerie yet reverent chambers, the Heralds of Dust receive, process, and lay the dead to rest on a multiversal scale, ensuring every creature that dies in Sigil earns its obsequies.",
"Managing the dead is grueling and thankless work, but without the Mortuary and its grim workforce\u2014many of whom are Undead\u2014there would be no room in Sigil left for the living; bodies would pile in the streets, the stench of rotting corpses would fill the air, and restless souls with nowhere to go would plague citizens in droves.",
"This supplement explores the Mortuary, its inhabitants, and the adventures buried within. This is a supplement to {@book Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse|SatO}. However, you don't need to own that product or know much about Sigil to use this supplement, which includes material suitable for any Dungeons & Dragons campaign.",
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"name": "Using This Supplement",
"id": "001",
"entries": [
"To use this supplement, you need the fifth edition core rulebooks ({@book Player's Handbook|PHB}, {@book Dungeon Master's Guide|DMG}, and {@book Monster Manual|MM}).",
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"Text that appears in a box 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 appears in {@b bold} type, that's a visual cue pointing you to its stat block as a way of saying, \"Hey, DM, you should get this creature's stat block ready. You're going to need it.\" If the stat block appears elsewhere, the text tells you so; otherwise, you can find the stat block in the {@book Monster Manual|MM}.",
"Spells and equipment mentioned in this supplement are described in the {@book Player's Handbook|PHB}. Magic items are described in the {@book Dungeon Master's Guide|DMG}."
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"name": "Heralds of Dust",
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"The Heralds of Dust believe life is a false existence\u2014everything and everyone is already dead. They act as Sigil's undertakers, meticulously caring for the city's dead in hopes of breaking an endless cycle of mortality for themselves and others.",
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"The Heralds of Dust\u2014or the Dusters, as they're commonly called\u2014see death as a spectrum. Everyone is dead, of course, but some are deader than others. In their work, Dusters seek to unravel the secrets of True Death, a higher state of oblivion that transcends the grave. The path to True Death is a mystery, but Dusters maintain they must divest themselves of passion to progress. Death shows no desire or emotion, and neither should its heralds.",
"Dusters see undeath as a precursor to True Death. Undead fill the ranks of the Heralds of Dust, from skeletons and zombies in menial roles to the sapient Undead who comprise the upper echelons of its leadership. At first glance, these Undead are largely indistinguishable from the faction's detached, ghoulish living rank and file.",
"Skall leads the Heralds of Dust as its factol, the highest-ranking position in the faction. A decrepit lich in an advanced state of decay, he is the founder and oldest \"living\" member of the Heralds of Dust, a faction rumored to be as old as death itself. Skall generously lingers in this existence to guide souls toward True Death. {@creature Factol Skall|AATM} is further detailed in this supplement's {@area appendix|02e|x}.",
"Outsiders\u2014and other groups in Sigil diametrically opposed to its morbid tenets\u2014find the Dusters' fatalistic outlook off-putting and sometimes mistake the Dusters' distant stoicism for callousness. This couldn't be further from the truth. In their own way, the Heralds of Dust are one of the most altruistic groups in Sigil. Reverent of death, they care for all who have passed away, selflessly ushering the multiverse to journey's end without judgement.",
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"name": "Faction Taboo: Resurrection",
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"Resurrection magic is anathema to the Heralds of Dust. As a result, most Dusters shun spells that restore the dead to life\u2014such as {@spell raise dead}, {@spell reincarnate}, and {@spell revivify}\u2014and they almost never offer such magic to others. Members make exceptions for magic that causes individuals to rise as Undead\u2014a transformation Dusters view as a natural stepping stone on the path to True Death."
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"Eulogists, gravediggers, and morticians, the Heralds of Dust serve Sigil in all things related to death. The faction attracts the grief stricken, the undead, and those with a morbid sense of curiosity.",
"In addition to positions typical of any faction\u2014such as guards, liaisons, and leadership\u2014the following are some unique roles Dusters might occupy:",
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"name": "Corpse Collectors",
"entry": "The Herald of Dust pays a pittance for every corpse delivered to the Mortuary. Some contemptible folk make corpse collecting their vocation. These aptly named corpse collectors are a common sight in the Hive Ward."
},
{
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"name": "Exorcists",
"entry": "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 {@area appendix|02f|x} for more on {@creature Heralds of Dust Exorcist|AATM|exorcists}."
},
{
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"name": "Extractors",
"entry": "Whereas the corpse collectors scoop up any old body lying around the Hive Ward, extractors are tasked with retrieving and safeguarding the bodies of deceased archmages, dignitaries, and other important figures who die in Sigil and the planes beyond."
},
{
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"name": "Morticians",
"entry": "The bulk of Dusters fall into this role. Morticians prepare the way for the dead. They bury, cremate, dissect, embalm, inter, sort, and record the dead that enter the Mortuary."
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Necrologists",
"entry": "Necrologists are archivists, scholars, and poets who honor the dead. They celebrate the lives of the departed and chronicle the dead's deeds in obituaries. Necrologists also research burial rites appropriate to the deceased creature's beliefs, religion, or cultural background."
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Recruiters",
"entry": "Recruiters contract the rights to recently deceased corpses\u2014or soon-to-be-dead folk\u2014through death contracts and raise them as skeletons, zombies, and other Undead."
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Remnants",
"entry": "Remnants are Dusters who exist in a halfway state between life and death, using their incorporeal talents to serve the faction as liaisons and spies. For more information on {@creature Heralds of Dust Remnant|MPP|remnants}, see {@book Morte's Planar Parade|MPP}."
}
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"Creatures can solicit certain macabre services from the Heralds of Dust, whether at the Mortuary or from a Duster who can provide them elsewhere in Sigil.",
{
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"name": "Grisly Components",
"id": "007",
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"Spellcasters in need of gruesome material components\u2014bones and their dust, blood, eyeballs, flesh, fingernails, or hair\u2014can secure them at discounted rates at the Mortuary. Taken from willing donors, these components typically sell for 2 cp or less.",
"Corpse collectors in the Hive Ward can usually be bothered to make the same arrangement, hideously dismembering their cargo on the spot to sell it piecemeal for a few coppers on the side."
]
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"name": "Poisons for Sale",
"id": "008",
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"Given their fascination with mortality, the Heralds of Dust maintain a vast collection of deadly alchemical concoctions, poisons, and other toxins. The faction sells {@table poisons||every poison} in the {@book Dungeon Master's Guide|DMG} at normal cost. Dusters don't carry antitoxins."
]
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"name": "Spellcasting Services",
"id": "009",
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"Duster spellcasters sell their services to creatures throughout the Hive Ward. Standard prices are summarized on the Heralds of Dust Spellcasting Fees table.",
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"name": "Heralds of Dust Charms",
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"At the DM's discretion, characters who join the Heralds of Dust or otherwise prove themselves to the faction might receive one of the following supernatural charms from a god of death, a powerful spirit, or Factol Skall. See the {@book Dungeon Master's Guide|DMG} for more information on {@book supernatural gifts|DMG|7|Supernatural Gifts}.",
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"name": "Charm of the Dead Truce",
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"This charm grants you respect among the dead. Hostile Undead creatures with an Intelligence of 6 or lower are instead indifferent toward you. Additionally, you have advantage on Charisma ({@skill Persuasion}) checks to interact with Undead creatures, provided the creature can understand you.",
"This charm lasts for 10 days. If you deal damage to an Undead creature during those 10 days, the charm vanishes early."
]
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"name": "Charm of Incorporeality",
"id": "00c",
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"This charm allows you to assume a ghostly, incorporeal form as a bonus action. While in this form, you have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. You can also move through creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain, but you take {@dice 1d10} force damage if you end your turn inside a creature or object.",
"You remain in this form for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action. Once used, this charm goes away."
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"name": "The Mortuary",
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"title": "Crematory smoke wafts from the Mortuary's gloomy domes at all hours\u2014evidence of the Duster's tireless work of processing Sigil's dead",
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"The Mortuary is a bleak and interminable building, an upright necropolis that towers over the dismal part of the Hive Ward. Located between Blackshade Lane and Ragpicker's Square, the Mortuary is one of several megastructures in Sigil. Longstanding and remarkable buildings of staggering scale, megastructures are often the headquarters of a faction and sites of untold adventures.",
"The Mortuary is divided into a series of towers, each shaped loosely like a massive stone tree or open-air monument. Low, gloomy domes spiked with bladed buttresses branch from the towers, belching ash, crematorium smoke, and incense day and night. Cemeteries, crypts, and tombs cluster around the base of the towers, and catacombs sprawl further below.",
"Inside the Mortuary, the dead toil on behalf of the dead. Believing the multiverse is but a shadowy afterlife, the Heralds of Dust devote themselves to caring for the deceased. The Mortuary's musty halls echo with skeletal figures wheeling squeaking gurneys, shoveling grave dirt, reciting woeful elegies, and weeping with remorse. The stench of embalming fluids and rotting flesh wafts from its numerous morgues to stuffy undercrofts and dusty libraries filled with death certificates, funerary tomes, and grimoires bound in still-living flesh.",
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"name": "Approaching the Mortuary",
"id": "00e",
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"When the characters arrive at the Mortuary for the first time, read or paraphrase the following text:",
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"A sinister jumble of sepulchral towers claws above the Hive Ward. Low, menacing domes adorn the structure's heights, and branchlike walkways wind around its towers. Unending trails of foul-smelling smoke waft from the structure.",
"Fog gathers at the structure's base, partially obscuring the countless tombs that surround it. Somber and shadowy, the monument evokes a hand clawing up from the grave with fingers splayed."
]
}
]
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"name": "Entering the Mortuary",
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"The Heralds of Dust and their invited guests can freely enter the Mortuary, as can members of the Bleak Cabal and the Doomguard\u2014two factions in Sigil the Dusters consider allies. Other visitors are questioned at the front gate, an impressive double door of copper-sheathed ironwood guarded by four {@creature Guard||guards} and two {@creature Mage||mages} in the Heralds of Dust.",
"Creatures can enter the Mortuary through one of the following three ways, among others:",
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"type": "item",
"name": "Death's Door",
"entry": "Corpse collectors wheel carts of bodies to a sturdy iron door around the back of the structure colloquially referred to as \"Death's Door.\" After delivery, corpses pass through a series of metal chutes that sort them by size and deposit them in the {@area corpse-receiving-and-shipping|016|x} department (detailed later in this supplement). Creatures that convincingly play dead long enough\u2014such as with a {@spell feign death} spell\u2014can inconspicuously enter the bowels of the Mortuary through Death's Door."
},
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"name": "Front Gate",
"entry": "The most obvious path into the Mortuary is through the front gate. A crumbling stone wall curtained with {@book razorvine|DMG|5|Razorvine}\u2014a prickly local hazard endemic to the Lower Planes detailed in the {@book Dungeon Master's Guide|DMG}\u2014surrounds the structure and a fog-shrouded collection of memorials and tombs at its base. Those who bypass the front gate must contend with hordes of {@creature Skeleton||skeletons}, {@creature Zombie||zombies}, and other unnatural deterrents that roam the Mortuary's cemeterial grounds. Commanded by Duster {@creature Wight||wights}, these Undead can distinguish the Mortuary's guests from its trespassers."
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Planar Portals",
"entry": "Hundreds of planar portals in and outside Sigil might transport entrants to the Mortuary or a crypt on its grounds. The Mortuary Portals table presents examples of portals that might lead to the Mortuary and their portal keys\u2014objects required to activate a specific portal's magic. Roll twice on the table: once to determine the portal's anchor\u2014where it physically exists\u2014and another to determine its key. For more information on {@book planar portals|DMG|2|Planar Portals}, see the {@book Dungeon Master's Guide|DMG}."
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"3",
"Funerary urn",
"Spoken eulogy"
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"4",
"Eye of a giant's skull",
"Two gold coins"
],
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"5",
"Open casket",
"Flower from a grave"
],
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"6",
"Pile of ashes",
"Dead creature's keepsake"
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]
},
"When the characters enter the Mortuary for the first time, read or paraphrase the following text:",
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"id": "011",
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"An unsettling chill pervades this solemn monument. Its cold stone walls are reminiscent of a crypt. The halls are dimly lit and uncomfortably silent, save for the occasional distant groan of undead or the plaintive call of a wailing spirit. The acrid sting of chemical odors hangs in the air."
]
}
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"name": "Mortuary Features",
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"The Mortuary has the following features:",
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"type": "item",
"name": "Ambience",
"entry": "The Mortuary is cold and gloomy. The sounds of distant funerary ceremonies, mourners' laments, and moaning Undead can be heard throughout."
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Death Masks",
"entry": "The walls of the Mortuary are adorned with thousands of death masks imprinted with the faces of Sigil's dead. Planar magic flows through the masks, allowing spellcasters to commune with the dead through them. A {@spell speak with dead} spell cast on a death mask causes the face to animate as if it were the corpse of the deceased creature that bore its likeness. The Heralds of Dust keep records of the faces' identities, but some have been lost to time and can be gleaned only by asking the dead."
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Undead Workforce",
"entry": "{@creature Skeleton||Skeletons} and {@creature Zombie||zombies} roam the halls of the Mortuary, completing menial tasks. These mindless Undead workers are indifferent toward passersby unless treated with hostility. More intelligent Undead have greater autonomy and fill specialized roles in the faction."
}
]
}
]
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"name": "Exploring the Mortuary",
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"Like other megastructures in Sigil, the Mortuary is boundless and difficult to map. Unlike with dungeons and other finite locations, exploring the Mortuary is akin to roaming a unique magical wilderness like the Underdark or one of the infinite layers of the Abyss. Characters wander the Mortuary's chambers and halls, see strange sights, interact with the Heralds of Dust, and experience the occasional encounter.",
"Given the Mortuary's size and confounding layout, if the characters are searching for a specific place in the Mortuary, the characters might need to make a Wisdom ({@skill Survival}) check to find it. Along the way, characters might reach one or more of the encounter locations described later in this supplement, such as the {@area Nevervault|021|x} or the {@area Spirit Sump|01d|x}.",
"The Mortuary Chambers table presents some rooms the characters might discover while exploring the Mortuary.",
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"3",
"A crematorium littered with ash"
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"4",
"A scriptorium for epitaphs, eulogies, and obituaries"
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"5",
"A filthy room filled with mounds of grave dirt"
],
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"6",
"A cadaver room where maimed Undead can peruse replacement limbs"
],
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"7",
"A craft room for caskets, ships, and other containers used in funerary ceremonies"
],
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"8",
"A ritual chamber affected by a permanent {@spell hallow} spell"
],
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"9",
"A reception hall that smells of funeral potatoes"
],
[
"10",
"An autopsy room lined with surgical instruments"
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},
"Escaping the Mortuary can be an adventure of its own. Characters who infiltrate or otherwise trespass in the structure might roam its joyless halls for hours or days before happening on an exit, clashing with the structure's Undead inhabitants during their egress."
]
},
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"name": "Mortuary Encounters",
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"The following tables present encounters characters might face in the Mortuary.",
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"name": "Mortuary Encounters (Levels 1\u20144)",
"source": "AATM",
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{
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"name": "Mortuary Encounters (Levels 5\u201410)",
"source": "AATM",
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"name": "Mortuary Locations",
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"The following sections detail locations in the Mortuary. Each section includes a map of the location and an encounter designed to showcase the location's unique elements. You can place these locations anywhere in the Mortuary, using them to enliven the characters' exploration or as part of a more elaborate plot. Some areas of the maps are outside the scope of the encounters; flesh these areas out as you see fit.",
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"{@i For Characters of 3rd\u20134th Level}",
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"title": "The Dusters examine and sort freshly received bodies in the bowels of the Mortuary",
"credit": "Martin Mottet",
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"Bodies delivered to the Mortuary filter through corpse receiving and shipping, an industrial stretch where corpses are collected, sorted, and shipped off to the next stage of the funerary process.",
"In this 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 Heralds of Dust oppose the party's interference.",
"The factorylike assembly spans multiple floors; map 1.1 depicts a portion of it. When the characters arrive, read or paraphrase the following text:",
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"type": "insetReadaloud",
"id": "017",
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"This underground facility reeks of rotting flesh. Grim-faced workers shuffle between a series of chutes set into south wall, prodding supine bodies with rusty implements. Periodically, corpses tumble out of the chutes and onto stone slabs with a loud thump. An upright coffin on spidery legs ferries corpses deeper into the facility."
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"Casting {@spell remove curse} on the stele or destroying the stele frees the soul trapped inside, which manifests as a {@creature specter}. For 1 minute, the specter is friendly toward its liberator and obeys their commands. In the absence of any commands, or if given a command that's likely to result in its destruction, the specter defends itself but otherwise takes no actions. At the end of the duration, the specter attempts to flee the Mortuary."
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"Skall aids the characters in combat against the spirit but withholds his more potent abilities unless the characters are about to be defeated. If the spirit is reduced to 0 hit points, it is sucked back into the orrery and sent back to the plane from whence it came.",
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"The Heralds of Dust leverage the Path of Graves' portals to reach distant sites relevant to their work, such as burial sites on other worlds and magical furnaces on the Plane of Elemental Fire for cremating fire-resistant creatures. Characters can use the Path of Graves to reach the same faraway places, returning to the Mortuary in between adventures.",
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"If you are unfamiliar with the monster stat block format, read the {@book introduction|MM|0} of the {@book Monster Manual|MM} before proceeding further. It explains stat block terminology and gives rules for various monster traits\u2014information that isn't repeated here.",
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"Animated coffins are heavy, macabre Constructs designed to ferry the dead to places of rest. They waddle the Mortuary's halls unbothered, scooping up corpses and carrying them to the next stage of the funerary process.",
"An {@creature animated coffin|AATM} has an array of spidery metal legs it uses to skitter along steep inclines, walls, and ceilings, and the coffin's spacious interior bristles with retractable spikes. Like their inanimate counterparts, animated coffins range from plain wooden boxes with simple fittings to elaborate, gilded sarcophagi and reverent, fabric-lined caskets.",
"Beyond the City of Doors, animated coffins serve similar\u2014albeit less industrial\u2014roles. Natural ambushers and tireless sentries, animated coffins guard ancient necropolises, family crypts, and the lairs of powerful Undead. A cautious vampire might sleep in an animated coffin to evade hunters during the day, while a necromancer might enlist animated coffins to conscript corpses from faraway settlements into an Undead army.",
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"{@creature Factol Skall|AATM|Skall} is the current factol of the Heralds of Dust and the only leader the faction has ever had. A popular Duster legend holds that other than the Lady of Pain herself, Skall is Sigil's oldest resident, the first creature to live and die in the City of Doors. The Heralds of Dust idolize their ageless factol, whose stoic visage has become the faction's emblem. Skall can usually be found examining his {@area orrery of souls|025|x} (detailed earlier in this supplement).",
"After eons of existence, Skall is in an advanced state of deterioration. Once a spry lich with a wrinkled frame, he now drifts listlessly through the Mortuary's forlorn halls, rasping to himself. Skall appears as little more than a floating, disembodied head and two hands, his tattered cloak fluttering behind them. Notorious among the factols of Sigil but rarely seen in the flesh, Skall often delegates his bureaucratic responsibilities to Undead proxies or\u2014on rare occasions\u2014appears as an illusory duplicate. Subtle social cues are lost on the factol, whose 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 imparts a lasting oblivion to his enemies. Caretaker, custodian, and grave keeper, the factol ushers allies and foes alike from this false existence toward the path to True Death."
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"Dauntless in the face of death, {@creature Heralds of Dust Exorcist|AATM|exorcists in the Heralds of Dust} cleanse hapless creatures and resting places haunted by {@creature Ghost||ghosts}, {@creature Specter||specters}, and other malign entities that prevent the dead from being interred or jeopardize those already in repose. Though most Duster exorcists conduct their operations in the Mortuary, many heed calls throughout Sigil and the planes beyond.",
"The vagaries of undeath make spirits difficult to predict. Nevertheless, exorcists are well equipped for their work. Molded by experiences with apparitions and their ilk, exorcists channel the forces of death to preserve the living, commune with the dead, and drive evil spirits back to their graves. They can also fire versatile bolts of necrotic or radiant energy from their staves to repel a host of supernatural entities.",
"An exorcist's senses pierce the veil of death to perceive wandering ghosts on the Ethereal Plane as well as {@creature Shadow Demon||shadow demons}, {@creature Wraith||wraiths}, and other incorporeal entities hiding in palls of darkness. With a brief reboant chant, an exorcist can expunge a harmful entity from a possessed creature\u2014or make that creature vulnerable to a painful spiritual inhabitation."
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"A {@creature necrichor|VRGR} is a being of living blood, formed from the ichor of evil gods or the sludge in the crypts of failed liches. Despite the loss of a solid physical form, these foul creatures retain their terrible intellects and aspire to megalomaniacal goals\u2014the first of which involves regaining a body. To do this, they seek servants to exact their will, coercing even the most stubborn potential minions by turning their own blood against them.",
"Necrichors prove exceptionally difficult to destroy, since they leave a trace of their essence within the veins of every creature they've controlled and can regenerate themselves from those creatures' blood. Unable to extinguish their horrific unlife, virtuous faiths and vigilant organizations (like the {@book Order of the Guardians|VRGR|3|Order of the Guardians} detailed in {@book Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft|VRGR}) seal these viscous horrors in magically warded prisons. As ages pass, though, the knowledge of what these prisons contain and where some lie have been lost. And every imprisoned necrichor understands that its captivity might be lengthy, but time is of little consequence to the ageless. Necrichors that escape their imprisonment have the statistics presented here."
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"The Upper and Lower Planes are fundamental manifestations of good and evil, law and chaos. In the most dire and fateful circumstances, these planes can manifest primal embodiments of their might. These expressions of a plane's power are called {@creature Planar Incarnate|MPP|planar incarnates}, and they appear as roiling energies with features distinct to the plane that created it. They protect their home from destructive or otherwise antithetical forces, then merge back into their plane of origin.",
"Planar incarnates are akin to natural disasters that work to protect and further the virtues and vices of the planes they originate upon. Those from the Lower Planes might appear as roiling waves of fiendish flames or other sinister forms, while those from the Upper Planes often appear as blooms of light and wild growth or similarly majestic shapes. On the rare occasions that planar incarnates appear on another plane, they might take either form or appear as unique manifestations of the philosophies they embody."
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