Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica

HORRORS

Terrifying evils stalk, Hy, and scuttle in the dark corners
of Ravnica, from the depths of the undercity to the black-
est parts of the night sky. Collectively, these creatures
are called horrors-a variety of things that lurk in the
dark and embody the deepest fears of Ravnica's people.
All a re evil creatures with dim reason and preternatu-
ral cunning.
At least three guilds have been known to compel
horrors into service. For House Oimir, horrors spread
fear and despair in the citizenry and carry out assassi-
nations or kidnappings against well-protected targets.
For the Cult of Rakdos, horrors are s imply one more
weapon in an arsenal of terrifying and shock-inspiring
creatures that might appear on stage. For the Golgari
S warm, horrors scavenge the sewers and protect the
guild's territory.
House Dimir uses all three base kinds of horrors. The
Cult of Rakdos prefers shadow horrors, and the Golgari
Swarm uses skittering horrors.

HORRORS AND MADNESS

Horrors on Ravnica are terror and madness personified.

You can represent this reality by using the madness

rules in the Dungeon Master's Guide.

Whenever a character fails a saving throw against the

flying horror's Frightening Screech, the shadow hor-

ror's claw attack, or the skittering horror's Maddening

Presence, note that fact. At the end of the encounter,

have each character who failed at least one of those

saving throws make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw. On

a successful save, nothing happens. On a failed save, a

character gains a form of madness from the Dungeon

Master's Guide, with the severity depending on how

many of the saving throws that character failed during

the encounter, as shown on the Madness Severity table.

MADNES S SEVERITY

Failed Saves Madness

Short-term

2-3 Long-term

4+ Indefinite

Flying Horror

Medium aberration, neutral evil

Armor Class^16 (natural armor)

Hit Points 49 (9d8 + 9)

Speed 30 ft., fly^60 ft.

STR

9 (-1)

DEX

20 (+5)

CON

12 (+l)

Skills Perception + 4, Stealth +7

Damage Vulnerabilities radiant

Condition Immunities frightened

INT

2 (-4)

WIS

15 (+2)

Senses darkvision^120 ft., passive Perception^14

Languages-

Challenge 3 (700 XP)

CHA

16 (+3)

Fear Frenzy. The horror has advantage on attack rolls against

frightened creatures.

Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the horror has disadvan-

tage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that

rely on s ight.

ACTIONS

Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach S ft., one target.

Hit: 8 (ld6 + S) slashing damage plus^14 (4d6) psychic damage.

Frightening Screech (Recharge 5-6). The horror screeches.

Each creature within 30 feet of it that can hear it must succeed

on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of it for l

minute. The frightened creature can repeat the saving throw

at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a

success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect

ends for it, the creature is immune to the horror's Frightening

Screech for the next 24 hours.

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