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Returning 35 results for 'amid village'.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Redwood Watch Redwood Watch is a village of about a hundred people who work primarily as hunters, trappers, lumberers, and artisans. Most are elves descended from the grove’s six original families
, but the village’s peaceful ways and idyllic surroundings have also attracted humans, orcs, and a few goliaths and dragonborn. The village consists of freestanding huts made from wood and leaves as well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Viktal Mother ensures peace in Viktal. The village consists of a few dozen cottages, a market square, and an inn on the banks of Lake Kronov. Wicker scarecrows guard the rich fields blessed by Mother
Version Tepest Locations Location Description Arkenheights Mysterious valleys hide amid the forested Arkenheights mountains. Each is home to territorial fey who know the strange histories and mystical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
bountiful harvests, and horned village children recite sing-song rhymes. But those who linger among this land’s pastures and colorful cottages can’t escape the feeling of being watched or the
impression that strange forms move amid the fields. Locals dismiss such worries as the work of fey tricksters, but their smiles fail to mask the desperation in their eyes. Brutality wears a welcoming face in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
lumberjacks gathered in simple buildings amid a forested landscape. Locals are hardworking and polite, acknowledging you with a smile or a nod as you make your way through the village.
As you round a
Confectionery Conflagration To begin the adventure, read or paraphrase the following text aloud: A well-worn dirt road snakes through the village of Hubbleton, a community of crafters, farmers, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
outlaw in the village of Milpazul, the characters learn the source of the curse is a tlacatecolo—a shape-shifting fiend. Fearing for the folk under her protection, the outlaw directs the characters
they learn the tlacatecolo is controlling a troubled young man named Serapio. Amid the celebration known as the Night of the Remembered, the characters must find Serapio, confront the evil within him, and destroy it if they can.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
voice of calm amid the stress of building a new settlement. An elf, Taylin organizes the farmers and gardeners to provide the village with food. Taylin also settles disputes among the disparate clans
largest village is Caer Flur, a relatively young settlement that’s home to five hundred residents. Elves are most of the population, alongside a small number of kithkin. Structures are interspersed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
form, lurks amid the circle of standing stones (area U6) and is using a lantern to signal the heroes. In the village proper, fog prevents a creature from seeing any other creature or object more than 120
thinner on the far side of the river, where a light flashes amid a dark ring of standing stones.
The river ranges in depth but is never more than 10 feet deep. Muriel Vinshaw, a wereraven in human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Village of Barovia Lying in the shadow of Castle Ravenloft, the village of Barovia teeters on the brink of ruin. Its few residents rarely venture from their homes, suspecting their neighbors of
highest peak, Mount Baratok, while the smaller Mount Ghakis is riddled with deep caves. Castle Ravenloft The grim castle of Count Strahd von Zarovich looms over the village of Barovia. The haunted castle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Crumbling Tower When the characters approach the tower site, read the following: Amid a grove of gnarled scrub trees stands a half-fallen stone tower. Rough workers’ tents, piles of timbers, and
rusted. The tents show signs of recent occupation (cultists who don’t live in the village bunk here, near the temple) but contain no personal effects. Characters who search the site can see that inside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
could be a lone sheriff seeking to protect your newly formed mining village. Your cleric could be the town preacher. As a sorcerer or bard with a criminal background, you could be a dashing
, you could be following a spiritual vision. Dragonborn. The dragonborn live amid the remnants of ancient glory. They have a proud martial tradition, and a number of dragonborn venture west in search of worthy challenges. If you follow this path, you might have served as a mercenary in the Last War.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Svardborg In the age when giants ruled the North, Svardborg was a remote village where frost giants came to hunt whales and giant walruses. It was abandoned after the empire of Ostoria fell and, over
time, drifted northward and became entombed in ice. Today, Svardborg floats amid hundreds of other icebergs in the Sea of Moving Ice. Three of the lodges are still entombed in ice, while the others
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
your newly formed mining village. Your cleric could be the town preacher. As a sorcerer or bard with a criminal background, you could be a dashing wandslinger looking for trouble and gold. Q’barra can
. Dragonborn. The dragonborn live amid the remnants of ancient glory. They have a proud martial tradition, and a number of dragonborn have ventured west in search of worthy challenges. If you follow this path, you might have served as a mercenary in the Last War.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
flourish amid Skald’s many stages and frequent festivals. Among Skald’s most popular venues is the Old Kartakan Inn and Taverna, owned by the performer and Darklord Harkon Lukas. Marco Bernardini Map
rich silver deposits but are haunted by Banshees—the souls of failed performers. The Catacombs Violent goblins lurk amid mazelike canyons called the Catacombs. Here, the goblin gladiator Nym Pymplee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
the shadows and rarely return. Those who do tell of a malicious darkness beneath the domain, a cacophony of hateful voices, and shadows that hunger. Hidden amid ruins spilling into the chasm is the home
few hundred people reside at its center. By night, stray shadows work and live among the abandoned structures. Hroth The decrepit town of Hroth is built amid giant swamp trees, many of which lean at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
drawbridge of which extends over the Arden River. The bridge rises of its own accord to bar evil from entering. Crawford Near the village of Crawford, countless of ravens roost at Crawford Manor. A
carving in the manor reads: “The Death of Ravens Shalt Thou Abhor, Lest the Crawford Line Be Nevermore.” Glaston The residents of the village of Glaston cleave to druidic traditions. Rumors say ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, Mayor Raven, Jeyev, and a few other locals. Read or paraphrase the following as the characters leave Vogler behind: Vogler is in flames. Amid the columns of smoke rising from the village, invaders
The Final Boat Most of the draconians remaining in Vogler focus on looting the village, giving the villagers enough time to evacuate. At the end of the pier, only Mayor Raven, Darrett, and a few
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the creature while he readies his bow.
Far from the bustle of cities and towns, past the hedges that shelter the most distant farms from the terrors of the wild, amid the dense-packed trees of
destroy your home village? Or did you see too much of the destruction these monsters cause and commit yourself to reining in their depredations? Is your adventuring career a continuation of your work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
building bristles with steaming pipes and whirring devices, and it is currently under siege.
Amid clanging metal contraptions, goblins try to breach the structure, impeded by gadgets that spin, snap
humans and they pay well. One is a woman whose eye glows like an ember. The army is to the north, near a burned village. The goblins are supposed to take the weapon there. The village the goblinoids are referring to is Vogler, but they don’t know its name.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the village’s history and nominally honors any spirits lingering at the battlefield. Market Across from Vogler’s busy wharf spreads the village market. Amid this collection of stalls, vendors sell
Crab is a modest single-story inn on the village wharf, and its exterior vaguely resembles its namesake. Its proprietor, an Ergothian woman named Yalme (neutral good, human commoner), has an odd love
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Blood o’ the Vine Adventure for Level 6 Characters Situation. A discovery beneath the Blood of the Vine tavern in the village of Barovia has unleashed sinister magic, transforming the owners. Hook
. Disguised as a human, Urwin Martikov (Medium Wereraven; see chapter 5) of the Blue Water Inn in Vallaki hires the characters to investigate why the Blood of the Vine tavern in the village of Barovia
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Amid the Ashes Once the fire is extinguished and the villagers rescued, calm descends on the scene once more. The characters can talk with the grateful villagers they saved. Each villager is Friendly
upon Respite. During the raid, Brezo saw a black dragon with a scarred brow fly over the village and exhale streams of acid. Brezo fled into the tavern shortly before Corsairs burst inside and set the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
interconnected treehouses include a great hall, the Darklord’s personal quarters, an armory, an infirmary, and several guest lodges. The Darklord’s Displacer Beast and Panther allies prowl the trees amid
each other constantly in Sangui Cove. Deep below lie the wrecks of ships, some laden with fantastic wealth. Shuaran The human warriors of the village of Shuaran value honor above all. They avoid Chakuna
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Adventures in Borca Borca provides opportunities for political intrigues, family power struggles, and callous betrayals set amid a backdrop of ludicrous wealth and perverse visions of refinement
. By the night’s end, a character is accused of murder.
4 Half the village of Leoni is arrested by the erinyes-masked Judge Ranziska and marched before Sturben’s Faceless Court. The remaining
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
evocative names such as the Cavecrawlers, the Hogtrotters, and the Fishskippers all have a story to be told about how they came to be. HOW THE FISHSKIPPERS GOT THEIR NAME
From the gentle waters, Amid the
. Whatever the reason, travelers might look for a halfling village, but they fail to notice a narrow path that cuts through the underbrush, or they find themselves traveling in circles and getting no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
. Cult of the Chthonic Night Hail, Hail, Cthulhu Awaits Worships: Cthulhu
Leader: King-Priest Eeyog-Yah
Goal: Free Cthulhu from imprisonment
Lair: The village of Innsmouth and the Vaults
and Kuo-toa that dwell amid waterlogged ruins deep below the Graven Peak, the cult interprets visions from Cthulhu as omens, calls for sacrifice, and signs of their god’s coming. King-Priest Eeyog-Yah
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Ironslag: Yakfolk Village 1. Thousand Steps Thousands of years after Ironslag was abandoned, a clan of yakfolk used Humanoid workers to carve a staircase into the mountain cliff. At the top of these
stairs, the yakfolk built a village. In the centuries that followed, clans of dwarves eager to plunder the mines made numerous failed attempts to conquer the yakfolk village before concluding that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Levkarest Borca’s capital of Levkarest stands at the pinnacle of culture and ostentatious power. Here, lesser nobles pursue fickle dramas and vogue trends while the populace labors amid workhouses
masked judges execute severe justice across social classes. Their iron-masked circuit judges travel widely. Vor Ziyden A hound-like horror appears nightly to terrorize the village of Vor Ziyden. Only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
canyon and convince them to attack a gang of undead about to pass through on their way to attack a village.
4 Consult a hermit who lives in a hidden part of the canyon.
5 Retrieve an item
buried amid the shrine’s sacrifices.
6 Destroy the shrine.
7 Negotiate with a group of Mogis’s followers.
8 Convince a young aristocrat who was seduced into joining a cult of Mogis
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
4. Residences The village contains eight cottages, each one belonging to a different local family. Half of the homes were badly damaged during the cloud giants’ bombardment. A typical cottage has a
the village square by sounds of combat there, two goblins named Pojo and Tot are in the yard, chasing after a pair of chickens that escaped from one of the coops. The goblins attack characters on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Locations M - P Maelstrom The daughters of King Hekaton reside in this undersea fortress, which stands amid reefs and barnacle-covered shipwrecks in the depths of the Trackless Sea. See chapter 10
. It has darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. Mornbryn’s Shield Mornbryn’s Shield, a village on the western fringe of the Evermoors, takes its name from the rocky, horseshoe ridge that forms a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Circumstance
1 You were born amid a great storm that destroyed most of your village.
2 One of your parents was struck by lightning.
3 As a child, you were favored by an oracle of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. If the characters approach the church doors, add: The heavy wooden doors of the church are covered with claw marks and scarred by fire. The village priest, Donavich, lives here. Other Barovians shun
in the ceiling of this moldy room, which contains a few broken roof shingles amid puddles of water. In one corner, set into the floor, is a heavy wooden trapdoor held shut with a chain and a padlock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
treasure.
The treasure lies in Castle Ravenloft’s study (chapter 4, area K37). 9 of Stars—Conjurer I see a dead village, drowned by a river, ruled by one who has brought great evil into the world.
The
treasure is hidden in the master bedroom of Wachterhaus (chapter 5, area N4o). Master of Glyphs—Priest You will find what you seek in the castle, amid the ruins of a place of supplication.
The treasure lies in Castle Ravenloft’s chapel (chapter 4, area K15).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
jagged rocks amid a sea of gravel. Anauroch’s most southerly part is the Sword — a hot, sandy desert. Use the Desert Monsters table in appendix B of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to inspire encounter ideas
ramshackle, frequently rebuilt wooden towers and buildings. Its structures now entirely cloak a hill that overlooks the village of Womford across the Dessarin River. A long wooden bridge, wide enough for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
woman, is mayor of a small village about a week’s walk from the tower. An upcoming election has her on edge, and she wants to know what her odds are of keeping her title. 4 Adavalis, an elf man, comes
racks this storeroom, which holds food stores and equipment for the entire tower. Amid the provisions are two explorer’s packs, two scholar’s packs, and enough food and drink to sustain the tower’s