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the behaviors common to corrupt guards and military officers a mile away. While awareness of such corruption doesn’t equate to evidence of it, and your sense certainly isn’t foolproof, your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
below, but you can create others. Vordana Jezral (NG female lightfoot halfling scout) has the psionic ability to cast the misty step spell once per day. She is familiar with the roads and trails of the
Tod, which she freed from an abusive owner. Saarvin (CN male dragonborn scout) travels on foot and carries his own gear. He was born in Fireshear and is the self-proclaimed King of the Frozenfar. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of successful operation, have through these tactics frightened away all local attempts at investigating their hideout. It is paramount that the characters are given no obvious clues that would lead
ship, the Sea Ghost. The ship is away from the house when the characters explore it, though evidence of its moorings can be discovered in the secret caverns below. The ship comes into play in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Following the Tracks The tracks leading away from the inn have been partly filled with blowing snow, making them appear as small depressions. Once the characters get about 50 feet away from the inn
scout. This duergar didn’t enter any buildings, but simply looked around the village before leaving close to morning. Following the footprints leads to a different set of tracks, which were made by an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
scout tied to a tree in the center of the camp, being harassed by two baaz draconians (see appendix B); the other scout lies dead nearby. A kapak draconian (see appendix B) hides in the trees above the
camp and tries to ambush the characters after combat begins. Development. If the scout is freed, they report that the Dragon Army has split its forces to attack communities across Hinterlund and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Yarana Born nearly one thousand years ago in Atagua, Yarana (neutral good, human scout) was the most talented of the elite Cababa warriors of ancient times. Days before becoming her people’s chief
from Atagua into the Ghost Orchid Tepui and attacked Chimagua. The invaders broke the Sleeping Stone and spirited a piece of it away. This put Chimagua into a deathlike slumber. Yarana believes they
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->Princes of the Apocalypse
Nettlebee Ranch Nettlebee Ranch sprawls over a series of low, rolling hills where the forest has been cleared away for crops of oats and barley. The Nettlebees’ prize livestock — sheep, ponies, and
is most concerned for her children. Bertram’s heir and oldest child, at twenty-three, Watson (a scout) is brave, honest, and forthright. He takes more after his mother than his father or grandfather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the snow left behind by a sled that has been hauled away.
The corpse belongs to Oobok the dwarf. The yeti that killed him ate his arms and most of his internal organs before leaving with poor Oobok’s
are two roaring polar bears that don’t look happy.
These goblins were rolling across the tundra when their advance scout, a trained hawk, spotted the abandoned sled. The one-eared goblin boss, Izobai
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
a storm giant riding a roc. The two are looking for clues to King Hekaton’s whereabouts. The giant concludes that the ship contains nothing of interest and steers the roc away, staying at least a
quarter of a mile away. The giant has no interest in involving “small folk” in its investigation. It avoids combat and ignores signals from the airship. Mounted Uthgardt Characters on the upper deck or in
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
decide what happens next. Either group might decide to attack, initiate a conversation, run away, or wait to see what the other group does. Surprising Foes. If the adventurers encounter a hostile
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
from Red Larch in seven days, and the town of Phandalin is six days away on foot. Red Larch is also the hometown of Omin Dran and the location of the Dran family business — the Dran & Courtier inn and
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
characters observe the mad dance for a few rounds, they see a form rising up out of the fungal muck. It is the drow scout whose terrible end they just witnessed, wading out to join the other revelers in
bride before it is time. If the characters don’t withdraw immediately, Zuggtmoy awakens and uses her Mind Control Spores ability to send them away, using her Infestation Spores only if the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, one-night missions. The drow scout their targets in advance, then strike on a night when the moon is new or its light is obscured by thick clouds. They might kill indiscriminately to spread terror
, while at other times they slip into a village, knock out their targets with poison, and spirit their captives away without even waking the neighborhood dogs. Sometimes a raid uses both tactics; one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Expert The Expert is a master of certain tasks or knowledge, favoring cunning over brawn. It might be a scout, a musician, a librarian, a clever street kid, a wily merchant, or a burglar. To gain the
Expert feature The sidekick is adept at fighting in concert with a companion. When the sidekick uses its Helpful feature to aid an ally in attacking a creature, that target can be up to 30 feet away from
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
decide what happens next. Either group might decide to attack, initiate a conversation, run away, or wait to see what the other group does. Surprising Foes. If the adventurers encounter a hostile
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
assumes the characters are his new employees, and he’s quick about setting them to work. If the characters ignore him or walk away, he yells profanities after them but doesn’t pursue them. Characters who
.
“Did you tell them about the monster?” retorts the half-elf.
Grynsk curses the half-elf in Dwarvish before turning to the characters and yelling, “Get to work!” He then stomps away out of earshot, not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, she decided to lend her skills in the fight against the Dragon Armies before they can invade her homeland. She is a talented spy and scout who isn’t afraid to bring her blades to bear if the
uses her Helpful feature to aid an ally in attacking a creature, that target can be up to 30 feet away from her, and she can deal an extra 2d6 damage to it the next time she hits it with an attack roll
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- 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
years of wind and rain have eroded away its cover, leaving the path exposed and visible from the valley floor below. The path climbs to the Mountain Door, at the location marked A on the map. This is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Detritus. Trash and debris litter the floor.
Bas-Reliefs. The walls are adorned with bas-reliefs that once depicted dwarves carrying supplies. The dwarves’ faces have been chipped away and replaced with
more. If Yek orders the goblins into battle, they fight reluctantly. If half are killed or incapacitated, the rest flee. The goblins also run away if Yek is slain. Yek wears a gold circlet (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
ft. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, the satyr pushes the target up to 10 feet straight away from itself.
Mockery. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 12, one
creature the satyr can see within 90 feet. Failure: 5 (1d6 + 2) Psychic damage.
Scout Medium or Small Humanoid, Neutral
AC 13 Initiative +2 (12)
HP 16 (3d8 + 3)
Speed 30 ft.
Ability
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
(neutral good human scout), a rugged, bearded man in his prime. He has one level of exhaustion and 6 hit points remaining. In addition to his weapons, he carries a climber’s kit. His other equipment is
companions higher up the mountain. He lured the yeti away from the others and got it to chase him down the mountain. The yeti wounded him seriously, but he escaped with his life when the monster stopped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
least one character has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 16 or higher, read: You see a dark figure crouched low and perfectly still, aiming a crossbow in your direction. If more than one scout
were searching for.
6. The corpse looks like one of the characters (determined randomly) but has been stripped of armor, weapons, and valuables. If moved, its flesh melts away until only the skeleton
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
male vampire Once a dwarven warrior, Ctenmiir was transformed into a vampire and hidden away within White Plume Mountain (see Tales from the Yawning Portal) until captured there by an Emerald Enclave
to the foothills, then claim to no longer recognize the route ahead. He asks to be released so that he can scout more easily. But if he is, any promise of obedience he makes to the characters is
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
good-natured visitors of all walks. As the characters explore the village, play up its quaint charms and hospitable locals.
Vogler should begin to feel like a home away from home for the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
decrepit wooden gateway. The gates that sealed this entrance are rotted away; only their rusted iron hinges and reinforcing bands remain. In their place are heaps of human skulls. Picked clean of all
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
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
dwarf can learn that she was named Mordana Ur’gray and stowed away aboard a frost giant greatship by hiding in a chest. Unfortunately for her, the chest lid froze shut, and she couldn’t get it open. It
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
paint or carvings once adorned the sign have been all but worn away. Inside, the place shows the same lack of care. It’s dirty, ill kept, and in need of a thorough cleaning. Or burning. The place is
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
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk
away.
Secret Agent. Chickory is an agent of the Knights of Luna, reporting to Melf Brightflame. She’s here to warn Melf if the temple rises again. She’s very worried the ruins of the moathouse
gnomes and away from the Viscountess in Verbobonc.
Always in Motion. Quizlit just can’t sit still and loves to fiddle with things. Even when interacting with others, she unconsciously tinkers with her
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
incorporeal types such as wraiths, specters, and ghosts. These restless spirits seem content to remain in the forest and rarely trouble travelers who stay away from their territory. Waterdeep The City
Silverhand, has held the position for only a few months. Many of the city’s nobles and guildmasters are vying for her attention while conspiring to wrest power away from her office. There’s also
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
yet, Glaive and one of her blade scout companions attack the characters from both ends of this narrow tunnel. After all combatants have taken a turn, the attackers flee into Landro and hide for another
lasts until the character moves away from the fluid. Treasure. A suit of chain mail, two shortswords, and a mace lie on the floor. All are twisted and malformed, as if they were affected by a roll of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
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
to point the way, someone must make a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check to find the secret door. The door is hidden behind some shelves that slide away to reveal the opening, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
were inclined to train them. Also sitting at the table is the elderly Tanas (NG female human scout), who has been watching over the youngsters and doing her best to keep them out of trouble. All three
benefit of a greater restoration spell. The Keymaster is aware of the potions and uses a potion of invisibility to get away from the characters if things go badly. See “Confronting the Keymaster” below