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Basic Rules (2014)
from the options in the table below to determine your role:
d8
Specialty
1
Officer
2
Scout
3
Infantry
4
Cavalry
5
Healer
6
Quartermaster
7
Standard
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d6
Flaw
1
The monstrous enemy we faced in battle still leaves me quivering with fear.
2
I have little respect for anyone who is not a proven warrior.
3
I made a terrible
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
determine your role:
d8
Specialty
1
Officer
2
Scout
3
Infantry
4
Cavalry
5
Healer
6
Quartermaster
7
Standard bearer
8
Support staff (cook
leaves me quivering with fear.
2
I have little respect for anyone who is not a proven warrior.
3
I made a terrible mistake in battle that cost many lives—and I would do anything to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
on anyone who kills it outright.
3 A mage who lives in a secluded grove has been using a magic item to transform interlopers into boars. She claims that Nylea gave her this item.
4 A druid
uses magic on fields near the border of the forest, creating animated plants to drive off farmers.
5 A scout has taken to hunting and eating sapient beings. What could have caused this gruesome
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
hand and tries to smear his blood on the faces of those who freed him. Anyone who succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Religion) check realizes that this gesture is a sign of gratitude. Gryhark leaves to
return to his tribe whether the characters accept his gratitude or not. A third cage holds an unarmed prisoner: Emerald Enclave member Ghalvin Dragonmoor (CG male half-elf scout). If freed, he asks the characters to escort him to Goldenfields, so that he can report to the Abbot what he has seen.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
retreated to their homes while several bounty hunter guards have set an ambush for anyone coming down the road, crouching low and hiding behind the wall near the archway. A character who is looking for
them shouts. “La Paloma pays for her crimes this day!” Without hesitation, they attack.
Seven bounty hunters (use the scout stat block) shoot from behind the waist-high wall, which grants them half
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
homesteads in the vicinity, Kerbin Dellmon sent out word that anyone could stay at their compound for safety. A number of farmers and ranchers took the Dellmons up on their offer. Every able-bodied
stay and fight, and nothing anyone has said has changed his mind. Kerbin’s daughter Dreena sent a message to the elves of the High Forest, but no one knows if or when they might respond. As far as they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and other exotic metals. Anyone who presumes to look down upon goblinoids should be surprised by the skills of the Dhakaani. The Heirs of Dhakaan are an agnostic society and don’t have clerics, paladins
turn out to be an assassin. As an adventurer from a Dhakaani clan, consider why are you working with the other player characters? Are you a scout gathering information? Are you searching for allies to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Some are buried in old tombs near town. One such tomb is the final resting place of a forgotten noble who was a warrior in his day. If the characters scout the area before entering the tomb passage
, they discover a brigand camp hidden in a boulder jumble 150 feet away. A goblin named Mougra and a half-ogre named Geeraugh have been watching the tomb. They attack anyone who invades their camp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
hear you’re bound for the Rattle? Excellent—I’ll accompany you. We should depart at once.”
Lady Dre Lady Dre Lady Dre (chaotic good, human scout) is a trader who makes an impression on everyone she
characters are going to head into a mystery, they should be prepared to transport anyone who might have been harmed or afflicted. If the characters choose not to travel with Lady Dre, she accepts their choice and heads out on her own soon after they do.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
make out a steep, narrow road or track that runs back and forth across the face of the mountainside.
Refer to map 2.1. The characters have several options: follow the path, scout the area, or wait and
; see “Wait and Watch” below for more information. Map 2.1: The Stone Tooth View Player Version Scout the Area Ambitious characters might choose to ignore the path and scale the Stone Tooth’s slopes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. More than a hundred instructional scrolls handwritten by Bak Mei are stored in the lattices along the west and east walls. Anyone who reads Common can understand these scrolls. Tormented Captive As
, “Please, let me die.”
The 145-year-old shield dwarf held captive in the southwest corner of the building is named Kharbek. They use the scout stat block with these changes: Kharbek speaks Common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
south of Darguun. They are infamous raiders, and while they have brokered a truce with the Ghaal’dar, anyone venturing into the Seawall Mountains had best travel with a Marguul guide. As a Marguul
even to the artificers of House Cannith, and they are experts in the working of adamantine and other exotic metals. Anyone who takes goblinoids for granted should be surprised by the skills of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
has been exploring the Mere of Dead Men, assessing it as a location for colonization — and then to serve as a launch point for attacks in the north. A yuan-ti abomination acts as an advance scout for
these expeditions. The party comes upon him as he devours a large elk. The abomination does not wish anyone to know of the yuan-ti’s plans in this area, so he attempts to kill anyone who sees him. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
UP THE PARTY
Sometimes, it makes sense to split an adventuring party, especially if you want one or more characters to scout ahead. You can form multiple parties, each moving at a different speed
their dwarf fighter friend behind.
Noticing Threats Use the passive Wisdom (Perception) scores of the characters to determine whether anyone in the group notices a hidden threat. The DM might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
overcome, so the creatures shy away from attacking such prey unless they come across a solitary target. They might try to pick off a scout moving ahead of a group of travelers or a straggler lagging
up the target releases anyone else who was attached to the filament. Until the grapple ends on the target, the cave fisher can’t extrude another filament.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
town’s constable Harburk (LG male human veteran), and an explorer from out of town named Silvana (CG female human scout). The three work with any characters who help defend the townsfolk. Guarding
are focused on watching their captives, and have disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks to notice anyone approaching them. If the characters free the captives, Ironhead, Harburk, and Silvana
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
sorrow and destruction. Characters learn of this development from Sedina Wolfpaw, a half-elf scout from Triboar who visited Westbridge, discovered the situation, and hurried to track down anyone who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
UP THE PARTY
Sometimes, it makes sense to split an adventuring party, especially if you want one or more characters to scout ahead. You can form multiple parties, each moving at a different speed
their dwarf fighter friend behind.
Noticing Threats Use the passive Wisdom (Perception) scores of the characters to determine whether anyone in the group notices a hidden threat. The DM might decide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
to determine your role: d8 Specialty 1 Officer 2 Scout 3 Infantry 4 Cavalry 5 Healer 6 Quartermaster 7 Standard bearer 8 Support staff (cook, blacksmith, or the like) Feature: Military Rank You
anyone who is not a proven warrior. 3 I made a terrible mistake in battle that cost many lives, and I would do anything to keep that mistake secret. 4 My hatred of my enemies is blind and unreasoning. 5 I obey the law, even if the law causes misery. 6 I’d rather eat my armor than admit when I’m wrong.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the chandelier appears to be Viari (met at the end of episode 2) — but he and the scout Tanas are actually two gibbering mouthers. Illusion magic cloaks their appearance, though anyone touching them or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Blingdenstone, paying adventurers to scout and keep an eye on the territory while they organized their people across the dwarven holds and surface-world cities that had received them. After a decade of
is starting to become a problem. There are far more ghosts in the ruined settlement than anyone expected, and each ghost is different. Some are harmless, appearing only as echoes of the event that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
but out of reach of anyone on the ground. Leaving the Lair A beholder goes to a lot of trouble to make its lair as safe and comfortable as it possibly can, and so it rarely ventures outside. A typical
its minions will set up camp nearby and scout the area (usually by flying high overhead at night using darkvision) for one or two days. Once the layout and guard movements are known, the beholder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
they open one of the inn’s interior doors. It does so in the hope of destroying anyone attempting to interfere with Splugoth’s ritual. The Keymaster runs the characters through new versions of the
erupt and arguments break out. They go back to being quiet and happy if left alone. Anyone making it through the arguments can learn that these two came in for lunch one day and have never left (they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, with the apples grown and picked here processed throughout the winter into juice, cider, and other products. Daran Edermath (NG male elf scout) established the orchard many years before. A former
rules.
In Phandalin, Harbin Wester is that person. Even if he loses the mayoral election, his monetary resources far outstrip those of anyone else in the town, leaving him in a position of strong
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the feeling Grynsk doesn’t like me very much. Or anyone who steps between him and the gold swimming in this lake. I’m Tali. I’m studying the local animal life here in Icewind Dale. I just couldn’t stay
silent and watch another crew fall victim to the monster of Maer Dualdon.”
Tali is a neutral good half-elf researcher (scout) who is in Icewind Dale to study how changes in climate alter the nature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the players a copy of handout 4 in appendix E. Faroul (NG male Calishite human scout) and Gondolo (CG male lightfoot halfling scout with 13 hit points) are two dandies down on their luck in Port
. She keeps him apprised of the activity of anyone who’s heading south in search of Omu. They communicate via sending stones. Salida keeps her sending stones in a pouch and tries to join the player
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
-bone puppets she designs in the shapes of animals and sea serpents. Mayor’s Home Vogler’s down-to-earth mayor, Raven Uth Vogler (neutral good, human scout), lives in a two-story house on the village
festival ground. An iron bell hangs atop a tall pole near the mayor’s house. In times of need, anyone who vigorously rings the bell summons the mayor and 2d12 volunteer militia members (guards) who arrive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Her treasure is hidden in a cistern in the old village. Anyone who moves through the ruins notices the cistern. The opening is 15 feet in diameter, and the shaft drops 15 feet to scummy, black water
pterafolk nests in a cave just below the southern lip of the plateau. It can be reached by climbing down the cliff face, but characters who scout the area carefully and succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
wooden staircase leads up along the western wall. The stairs creak if anyone climbs them, alerting the villain in area 1E. 1E. Steward’s Office This room contains a wooden table, two large empty barrels
scouts and waits for them on the balcony. Each scout rides a manticore and provides aerial support while Nilraun mounts the third manticore and uses it to escape. Nilraun and his escorts return to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
lair (see “Death-at-Sunset’s Lair”). The missing elf council member, Armin Whisperwind (Medium Scout), and his Mastiff, Fletcher, hide here behind roots near the opening’s northeast corner and watch
month ago when the elf entered the grove to study its corruption. The wyrmling spent days tormenting Armin until the desperate elf agreed to drive away anyone who approaches the lair. Armin desperately
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
does not consider anyone within 5 feet of Anton’s dagger an intruder. The flying sword enters combat only if the animated armor takes damage. The door to Area 3 is trapped. See below for details
Encounter
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Less Challenging: Replace the Pirate Captain with a Scout Captain.
More Challenging: The Pirate Captain has 130 Hit Points.
Treasure. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
(Investigation) check ascertains that it is a rare vintage worth 50 gp to the proper buyer. Anyone who samples the wine, though, finds it cloyingly sweet, the vintage’s value clearly owing more to rarity than
through the secret door as soon as the characters appear. Otherwise, if the smugglers have been alerted to the party’s presence, two bandits and a scout are here and ready to fight. Without a smuggler
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
, half filled by water, which serves as an entrance to the troglodytes’ lair (area 17). Anyone who searches the stream’s banks finds the footprints of Medium reptilian creatures and tracks left by tails
weapon—a freshly captured giant subterranean lizard (see appendix B). Although the lizard is chained, it can attack anyone who comes within its reach. It strikes with its tail first, hoping to knock a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
of the master smith’s work. If the characters come to this part of the complex from the Black Lake (see the “Dark Mere” subsection of “Scout the Area”), they begin in area 38. Map 2.5: The Foundry
13 Wisdom (Perception) check. Anyone who examines the floor notices that the dust is somewhat disturbed. A successful DC 13 Wisdom (Survival) check reveals an infrequently used trail that leads from
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk
him. Quizlit Leitlink. She’s always helping people. No one is that nice for no reason. She must want something. Spugnoir. He’s got a secret book he’s always reading from. He won’t let anyone else look
the Temple of Elemental Evil. The heraldry of the decorations is that of Thrommel, as is the broken lance. The portrait over the hearth is of Thrommel. Anyone studying it will notice that Thrommel is