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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
Fireside Contests The Fireside contests are described below. They can be run in any order. The rules of the Fireside contests are as follows. Competitors. Any number of characters can partake in each
awards the party a potion of fire giant strength. Cloud Giant’s Grace Each competitor must carry a 200-pound boulder across a 150-foot-wide lava field. If the boulder touches the ground, the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
fire with their bows, shooting through the thickets and probably catching the characters by surprise. If the goblins don’t notice the adventurers in area 1, they spot them when they splash across the
contested by the goblins’ passive Wisdom (Perception) score to avoid being surprised. See the Basic Rules for more information on ability check contests. Thickets. The thickets around the clearing are
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Arena (YEONG-HAO HAN) Across Theros, contest grounds host athletic competitions and often serve as places to worship the god Iroas. The grandest hippodrome in Akros holds thousands of spectators
gamblers, cruel trainers, savage animals, and worse. The Arena Villains table presents just a few ne’er-do-wells who might frequent physical contests. Arena Villains d8 Villain
1 A
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Champions of Rock Throwing Giants have a well-deserved reputation as living siege engines — all of them can hurl boulders with accuracy across great distances. Rock throwing — for battle, hunting
throwing rocks in ways that hone their skills for hunting and war. One of the most popular contests, especially among fire giants, involves nothing more than taking turns trying to knock each other down with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Special Calendar Days Every nation, faith, and culture across Faerûn has its own special festivals and holidays, the observances of which are governed by the cycles of the sun, the moon, the stars
peoples. Many tournaments and contests of skill are held on Shieldmeet, and most faiths mark the holiday by emphasizing one of their key tenets. The next Shieldmeet will be observed in 1492 DR
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Holidays There’s always a celebration happening or about to happen in Sharn, whether it’s a parade in a single district or a festival that ranges across the entire city. Here are a few special
services on this day, and a day-long schedule of public lectures is presented at the Great Hall of Aureon in Upper Menthis. Brightblade (12 Nymm) The festival of Dol Dorn is noted across the city with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
rule, surrounding themselves with sycophants. Lamias rely on jackalweres to perform various tasks, sending them across the wastes to capture thralls or steal treasures from caravans, encampments, or
other in elaborate contests for the lamia’s amusement.
Vain Predators. Always anxious to gain more wealth and thralls, a lamia uses a pool of water or a mirror in conjunction with a scrying spell to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
to throw the grandest parties. Brightblade (12 Nymm). The festival of Dol Dorn, celebrated across the city with prizefights, wrestling matches, archery contests, and other tests of strength and skill
Celebrate There’s always a celebration in Sharn, whether it’s a parade in a single district or a festival across the entire city. Here’s a few to put on your calendar. The Ascension (1 Sypheros). A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Celebrations in Sylvania Revelry is in no short supply in Sylvania. Characters looking for celebrations or distractions in the gate-town might stumble across or be directed to the events in this
happened. Other Celebrations There are countless other celebrations around Sylvania. Use the events here and challenges like those outlined in the “Contests” section of chapter 9 to create more festivities and chances for Kopoha to confide in the characters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Their anticipatory cackling betrays them. Goliath Party The characters come across four goliath warriors (see appendix C). They stride through the snow in single file, spaced about 10 feet apart. Running
might challenge one or more characters to an athletic contest. If the characters accept this challenge, roll on the Athletic Contests table to determine what game the goliaths propose. The goliaths are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, depicted in a variety of ways in myths told across countless worlds of the Material Plane. These stories have been altered in the telling over the course of thousands of years. In some myths, he is
Annam gathering the shattered fragments of the First World (the original creation of Bahamut and Tiamat) and spreading them across the Material Plane to create countless worlds. Still other myths
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
as a temporary campsite. The ruins of elven settlements are the exception to this rule. If orcs come across such a place, they desecrate it and leave it unfit for any sort of habitation. A tribe uses
their differences or engage in contests of strength. War Chief’s Quarters Adjacent to the main chamber is the room where the war chief resides, holds council, and hands out blessings or punishments
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
. Portals to trade cities across the planes lie scattered throughout its districts and the innumerable businesses among them. The Market Ward was once two wards, the other being the Guildhall Ward
. Members hone their bodies and minds through rigorous conditioning, and they regularly challenge others in the Market Ward to contests of artistic, athletic, or spiritual prowess. Because Ciphers tend to
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
within each niche.
The shadowy forms are statues of dwarven warriors, carved long ago as an honor guard for those passing through this area. Tripwire Trap. A tripwire stretches across the floor between
with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. If the wire is tripped, a spring-loaded greataxe disguised to look like part of the southern statue snaps across the hallway and makes an attack against
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
describe fill the festhall and its satellite buildings. Contests and duels are held at the Northumber, an outdoor amphitheater, while magical light checkers the stages of its two indoor theaters: the
intimate Elloweth Theater and the prodigious Ren Hall. Elloweth Theater is renowned as Sigil’s preeminent venue for high-brow performance art, and performers from across the Great Wheel flock to Elloweth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Many festhalls sponsor Founders’ Day costume contests, with prizes going to those who wear the best recreations of the garb of historical personages. Once banned as frivolous and distracting, the
martial skill, and stage mock battles. Those desiring to join their ranks are given a chance to demonstrate their prowess, usually with wooden practice weapons in contests against veteran soldiers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
main balcony, 50 feet above the arena floor, is a private box where Vocath watches the contests, flanked by his two bodyguards. An ornate throne sized for the mercane is situated here, with two smaller
of creatures of his choice that he can see in the room to the arena floor (area 1) or to his tower sanctum (area 5). Treasure. On display are thirty painted statuettes of famous figures from across the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
castles that still drift across the sky. No one can build those majestic structures any longer. The methods of their construction were lost (along with much other knowledge) when Ostoria fell. Some
their nearest neighbors are, and so on across the world. In a crisis, word is spread from family to family, so that a mighty squad of cloud giants could be assembled, in time, if need arises. Most cloud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
magic of Szass Tam turns different facets of chaos to absolute evil in these great halls. 103. Temple of Fortune A pattern of shadow swirls around a shrine of binding and plays out across the white
side surfaces and contests for control. She argues out loud with herself, and half the time she acts evilly and without concern for her saviors. While talking to herself, she reveals what happened to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
brain’s intent. From across great distances, it implants subconscious suggestions or subtly influences dreams to compel creatures toward a course of action that benefits its grand plan.
When its
Charisma (Deception) check with advantage to deceive the target’s mind into thinking it believes one idea or feels a particular emotion. The target contests this attempt with a Wisdom (Insight) check