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Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
False Appearance. If the animated coffin is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the coffin move or act, that
sardines
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A groaning mummy
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A patch of yellow mold (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide)
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A slumbering vampire spawn
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A portal to the Path of Graves (detailed in Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary)
Poison, Psychic
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
memory web is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the memory web move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC
. Some of these memories lodge themselves in the minds of nearby creatures as dreamlike recollections, potentially spurring their inheritors to action. The Memory Web Memories table presents adventure
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. (Chaotic)
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Control. Everyone is welcome, as long as they follow my rules. (Lawful)
Crystal Dragon Adventures
The Crystal Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories
and adventures involving crystal dragons.
Crystal Dragon Adventure Hooks
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Adventure Hook"}
Adventure Hook
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A towering
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
much damage on a successful one. In addition, there is a 50 percent chance that 3 hezrou;hezrous then appear in unoccupied spaces in the sphere. They act as Iggwilv’s allies, take their turns
itself on a success.Iggwilv has a long and storied history throughout the multiverse. This adventure presents the legendary figure in her current form.
Baba Yaga’s Daughter. Iggwilv’s
Lizardfolk
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
If you’re considering taking a scaled one along on an adventure, remember this important fact. The strange, inhuman glint in its eyes as it looks you over is the same look you might give a
skilled allies.
Alien Minds
The lizardfolk’s reptilian nature comes through not only in their appearance, but also in how they think and act. Lizardfolk experience a more limited emotional life than
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, I don’t care what others do with it. (Evil)
Emerald Dragon Adventures
The Emerald Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories and adventures involving emerald dragons
.
Emerald Dragon Adventure Hooks
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Adventure Hook"}
Adventure Hook
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An emerald dragon is the only witness to a murder but
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
’t be found. Unearthing the deepest secrets of the multiverse can require an adventure or even a whole campaign.
Simic Guild Spells
Prerequisite: Spellcasting or Pact Magic class feature
For you
make a nice sideshow act.
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I left the Selesnya — and a lover — behind when I joined the Simic.
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Roll an additional Simic contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Followers Certain dragons act like they’re in danger of forgetting their own grandeur unless they’re surrounded with beings they can demean. I’ve found, on the contrary, that those scorned by others
encounter and adventure design. As you craft an encounter, an adventure, or an entire campaign around a dragon, you can decide how many creatures are in the dragon’s service.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
The Adventure Begins The adventure begins as the characters travel toward the town of Leilon. The settlement has been destroyed and rebuilt many times in its long history, and it is currently in an
early stage of a rebuilding period. The settlers tasked with rebuilding Leilon are funded by the Lord Protector of Neverwinter, Dagult Neverember. Lord Neverember hopes the town can act as a safe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Shadow of the Sun An Adventure for 11th-Level Characters On the eve of a triennial lunar festival, a monster attack brings the characters to the attention of the Brightguard, holy enforcers in the
city-state of Akharin Sangar. The characters are asked to act as an angel’s agents and discover rebel plots before innocent blood is spilled. But soon the characters learn that in Akharin Sangar, nothing is as plain as day or night.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Book of the Raven Book of the Raven An Adventure for 3rd—level Characters
Written by Christopher Perkins
Edited by Kim Mohan The Book of the Raven arrived at Candlekeep, fittingly enough, by way
this act of defilement, scared it away. The marred book quickly found its way into Candlekeep’s archives, where it garnered little attention until a visitor named Anil Zasperdes rediscovered it sixty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
challenges the characters to act as ambassadors to a colony of lizardfolk.
While such roleplay-focused adventures are the norm today, at the time of its publication (in 1982) this adventure was the first to make interaction an absolute requirement for success, rather than one option among many.
alarmed the Saltmarsh Town Council. Greatly troubled and filled with apprehension, the councillors call an emergency meeting. This adventure is designed for a group of four to six 3rd-level characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
or not they are veterans of the previous adventure) are approached to undertake this mission. The leader of the council impresses upon the characters that they are not required to act with hostile
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Running the Adventures later in this introduction).
One-Shot Adventure Maybe you’re normally a player in an ongoing campaign, but you want to try your hand at being the Dungeon Master. Maybe you’re
ready to play. Or maybe your group needs a break or a diversion from the ongoing campaign. In any of these cases, you can pick an adventure from this book and run it.
In an Ongoing Campaign Maybe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
to get their treasure back or infiltrate the guildhall to retrieve it. Alternatively, if the characters are looking to steal something (for instance, as part of an adventure from Keys from the Golden
Vault), Moonstalkers might try to secure that same item for a different employer. In this case, the Moonstalkers act as rivals trying to beat the characters to the prize. This provides an incentive for characters to move quickly and not spend too much time planning or resting.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
Dungeon Master, you act as the characters’ senses—they cannot know something about the world or the situation unless you tell them. Check with the players occasionally to ensure everyone understands what
. The tracks indicate that two people walked into the cave within the last hour on their tiptoes. Guiding Player Choices
The adventure here provides advice on how to handle characters doing two very
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Wishes from the Infinite Staircase Nafas might act as a patron who hires the characters to undertake the adventures in this book. Each adventure includes a “Using the Infinite Staircase” section that
and invite them to seek rest at his palace. There, Nafas imparts the faraway plea he has heard and escorts the characters to the door where it originated. After the adventure, characters can return to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
them reputations as some of the most remarkable student-mages on campus. In this adventure, the characters are invited to the Magister’s Masquerade, one of the most elaborate annual events on campus
faculty member begins to act strangely, and a menacing shadow falls over all of Strixhaven. The annual Magister’s Masquerade is a night of magic
and fun that third-year students will never forget
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
The Play’s the Thing The story of The Curious Tale of Wisteria Vale serves as the background for the adventure. Characters who succeed on a DC 13 Intelligence (History) check recognize that the play
. Harpers act openly only as a last resort.
Act I In the first act, the protagonist, Vargan, lives out a peaceful childhood in the village of Wisteria Vale. Vargan is a boy with a penchant for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
background. This requires everyone to step out of the game world a bit and suspend disbelief, but it might be the easiest solution. Act as if the character were absent, but don’t try to come up with any
is elsewhere while the rest of the party continues the adventure. Come up with in-game reasons for the character to temporarily leave the party and rejoin later, such as following up on a rumor or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
you find? I’d be grateful. What’s more, I’d owe you a favor. What do you say?”
Encourage the characters to take on Professor Sharpbeak’s favor within the first few days of this adventure. For ease of
running this adventure, it’s best that the characters complete this event before the “Practice Makes Perfect” section. If the characters are reluctant, reinforce that the mascots are bound to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Misty Vale Adventures Here are sample adventure hooks to bring characters to the Misty Vale or to give them missions to pursue there. Hospitality A community of commoners living in the vale offers
golden apples, which act as potions of heroism, and leads a band from the Hill Giant Encounters table in chapter 3. Unexpected Hunger Hill giant raiders stumbled into answering the guardian’s riddle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the character to miss the adventure, perhaps by having him or her linger in town or continue a downtime activity. Leave a way for the character to rejoin the party when the player returns. Have the
character fade into the background. This solution requires everyone to step out of the game world a bit and suspend disbelief, but might be the easiest solution. You act as if the character’s not there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
member of the Tyrants to use as part of an assumed identity. 3 Act as bodyguards for a member of the Tyrants who is pretending to be an important figure. 4 Assume new identities to infiltrate the Sharn
Adventure Hooks The Tyrants Adventure Hooks table presents ideas for additional adventures themed around the Tyrants. Tyrants Adventure Hooks d6 Adventure Hook 1 A friendly NPC dies in combat. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Adventures in Godsbreath Consider the plots on the Godsbreath Adventures table when planning adventures in Godsbreath. Godsbreath Adventures d4 Adventure 1 A pack of giant coyotes (dire wolves
restored. 4 The characters discover a lost part of the Awakening Song that hints at what might restore fertility to the Ribbon: the lifeblood of one of the Covenant gods. One of the gods responds to this discovery, hoping to either suppress this information or act on it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
personal vendetta, or simply reacting to disastrous events around you. The Guild Adventures table refers to the descriptions of other patrons in this section; your DM can use the adventure ideas in
those descriptions to flesh out job opportunities available through your guild. Guild Adventures d10 Adventures 1 Crime. You have to break the law to administer justice or thwart a criminal act (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Adventure Synopsis See the flowchart below that illustrates the intended flow of the adventure. It also shows the level for which each chapter is designed. The adventure begins with chapter 1. The
giantkind: dragons. This act might be enough to restore the ordning as it was, or the future of the ordning might remain an open question in your campaign. Once Iymrith is defeated, the storm giants are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
Chaos in the Streets Adventure for Level 5 Characters Situation. Weeks after the fall of Eileanar and several other flying cities, the city of Conch is inundated with those who need help, and the
and confronting the killer before finding a way home. Encounters MIKE SCHLEY Map: Conch AlleywaysView Player Version The adventure consists of the following encounters and uses Map: Conch Alleyways
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the job. In these adventures, villains employ supernatural powers toward nefarious ends while characters act as detectives, interpreting events, learning patterns, deducing goals, and ultimately
prepared to end its threat. Of course, there are ways to create threats distinct to this genre, such as when villains view detectives as rivals or targets. When creating an occult detective adventure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
another attendee. The hags scheme to ruin mortal lives for their own pleasure, so their every act of apparent kindness is calculated toward that end. See “The Grand Masquerade” for suggestions of how to
lower social status, or if their poor manners reveal their inferior quality, they become targets of derision and the city’s social scene closes to them. For more adventure ideas, consider the plots on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
any of the spaceship’s drop tubes (see the “Spaceship Features” section later in this adventure).
Communications. Aphelion can converse with creatures in any room of the spaceship via its intercom
remotely close or open any door aboard the spaceship that isn’t blocked. It can override the key card requirement of a card-locked door (see the “Spaceship Features” section later in this adventure) to do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
The Three Pillars of Adventure Adventurers can try to do anything their players can imagine, but it can be helpful to talk about their activities in three broad categories: exploration, social
forcing a rout. Combat is the most structured element of a D&D session, with creatures taking turns to make sure that everyone gets a chance to act. Even in the context of a pitched battle, there’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
have a sense that they need to act quickly to deal with the situation presented by the adventure. This creates tension between the need to rest and the sense that things are getting worse while the
that structure in an adventure where the players control their characters’ actions, but you can use the encounters you plan to build tension toward a climax. Each encounter in an adventure is an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Faerie Dragon Adventures The Faerie Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories and adventures involving faerie dragons. Faerie Dragon Adventure Hooks d8 Adventure Hook
1 A
each other cause havoc in the area where they both live.
5 A mercenary band keeps a faerie dragon captive in a cage, forcing the dragon to act as a jester.
6 A faerie dragon nests in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
in level at the end of each section of the story. Only strong and experienced characters should adventure into these giants’ areas if the party consists of no more than four characters. The
. The adventure contains some possible answers. Keep track of the fate of important giants and their allies or captives. Escaping adversaries will generally flee to the next higher-ranking stronghold