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Volo's Guide to Monsters
relieved of their other roles and taken to the lair’s whelping pens, where they are tended to by Luthic’s followers.
Orcs don’t take mates, and no pair-bonding occurs in a tribe
raid just as another group returns, laden with severed heads, sacks of loot, and armfuls of food. Warriors also serve as scouts, bringing back detailed reports about the surrounding area so that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
and go, and royal lines rise and fall over the course of the story that you and the characters tell. Downtime rules also provide ways for characters to spend — or be relieved of — the monetary treasure
undertake. When minions come back from a mission, sometimes I send them shopping.
Shopping is this thing where minions give away their stuff to other people, and other people give them different stuff.
It’s so strange.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
stumbling back from a horrid event, consider giving the character inspiration for their fear-focused reaction (see “Inspiration” in the Player’s Handbook). Once a character gains inspiration in this way
crack in a cave wall to continue an adventure. If the player portrays the character’s response in a way that reinforces that fear, such as refusing and finding another way around, taking time and making
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Thrall. Agorra Duskaxe, a female duergar, stands guard just inside the entrance.
Steamer. Water dripping from a crack in the ceiling falls into a cylindrical metal contraption at the center of the cave
, and steam billows out of it.
Nagas. Unless they have been drawn elsewhere, two spirit nagas named Excrutha and Serakath lounge on the floor near the back of the cave (see “The Ssethian Scourges
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. Foreshadow that threat after characters decide where they’re headed by reading the following description: To the southwest, the crack of shearing stone sounds from a distant temple whose grounds teem with
. It pauses before the figure, who climbs onto the undead terror’s back. Together, they rise into the air and circle the city before flying south and out of sight.
The character with the highest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
through every chink and crack, every opening in the warmest furs, every tent flap, every roof and board of the strongest homes, draining away any hint of warmth. The sun, held down below the horizon by
mine for iron. Meanwhile, folk descended from foolhardy and treasure-mad immigrants eke out meager lives in Ten-Towns, which can barely hold back the wind, let alone marauding orcs, giants, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
via another method—the structure begins shaking, and a crack like a thunderclap sounds from below. Anyone outside the observatory sees the structure sway, while those inside feel the floor pitch beneath
collapse. He survives only if the characters reach the roof and encourage him to flee back down the stairs immediately or save him via some other method. Desperate to escape, he eagerly follows the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
on one side. The crack extends from an opening flanked by statues of hulking insectile creatures to the pyramid’s point sixty feet above.
Three mezzoloths inhabit the pyramid along with an umber
to have survived its interminable stasis. If the characters realize what’s going on and share that they killed Nellik, the mezzoloths scatter, visibly relieved. Otherwise, the mezzoloths attack. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
hidden. Gold Dragon Art Objects d10 Object
1 A fine tapestry depicting the intermingled family trees of several royal bloodlines going back multiple generations—and containing surprising
4 A black dragon skull with a crack down the middle and gems fixed in its eye sockets; a plaque along the bottom reads, “So too shall ye be”
5 A metal wheel with various holy symbols
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
hear Arveiaturace board it, as her massive form makes the entire vessel shake and the ice around it crack. If Arveiaturace notices the characters, she immediately says to the rider on her back, “We know
Arveiaturace Arrives Arveiaturace, an ancient white dragon whose vision is hampered by cataracts, carries the body of her former master, the wizard Meltharond, in a saddle on her back (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
street shrieks when a specific party member steps on it. The crack runs for blocks, tracing back to Mandorcai’s Mansion.
11 Two drunk sailors invite the characters to join them in singing a well
café’s special blend.
9 A rough-and-tumble woman gets chummy with the party and tells characters that Laraelra Thundreth is hiring bouncers at the Low Lantern.
10 A winding crack in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the following features: Sarcophagi. Three open stone sarcophagi rest in the middle of the crypt, their lids lying in pieces on the floor.
Skeletons. Piled against the back wall are scores of
northern sarcophagus has a gaping crack in one of its sides, and four harmless rats have used this crack to creep inside and make a nest among the moldering bones of a sahuagin (placed here by Halaster to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
12. Cultist Hideout Droki enters this cavern from the east, via a narrow tunnel that comes up through a crack in the cavern floor (see the “Narrow Tunnels” section of the “Whorlstone Tunnels: General
. The crack in the floor by the east wall is surrounded by a thick fungus patch that is difficult terrain for Small and Medium characters, and provides half cover for Tiny creatures. Growing among the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
and tells characters that Laraelra Thundreth is hiring bouncers at the Low Lantern. 10 A winding crack in the street shrieks when a specific party member steps on it. The crack runs for blocks, tracing
back to Mandorcai’s Mansion. 11 Two drunk sailors invite the characters to join them in singing a well-known shanty called Really Big Oysters, but quickly forget the words and stumble away. 12 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the city’s navy asks the party to learn why by seeking Winter’s Mouth, a crack in the ice where the sea supposedly whispers its secrets.
4 Three brilliant Ludendorf University students compete to
well-preserved bog mummies dating back to Lamordia’s ancient druidic peoples. They seek help when the mummies vanish and undead animals begin terrorizing their camp.
8 Baron von Aubrecker writes to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Journey Back to Leilon After the meeting with Dagult Neverember, the captains are eager to return the characters to Leilon with news of the lord’s decision. During the return journey, the characters
: Lightning and thunder suddenly crack a dark sky as heavy rain pours from above. Cries of, “Hurricane! All hands on deck!” can be heard throughout the vessel. The sailors need all the help they can get
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the part of a drunken passerby. If confronted, Otis does his best to maintain the facade. He moves away from the adventurers as quickly as possible, but he circles back to watch them as they interact
clearly relieved, though still not entirely friendly. The captain sighs. “Took you long enough,” she says. “So let’s get this done so we can get on with our lives.”
She pulls a scroll from a leather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
of it, replying, if pressed, that “’tis not my tale to tell.” Flinch has spent the last several months keeping an eye on the ship for Krux while serving in Fel’s crew. He is relieved to have Krux back
the party’s plight and says that if Krux wants his ship back ahead of time, he’ll have to refund the rest of her lease payment, which amounts to 400 gp. Krux says he is prepared to pay her back. Fel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
illegal activities. The characters are most likely to encounter Corylus as he travels through the city by coach, accompanied by six human guards who watch his back and keep the rabble at bay. Corylus
refuses to speak with the party. If the characters become an annoyance, he has eight crooked members of the City Watch (human veterans) crack down on them, then uses his position as Masked Lord to clear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
grapples the thri-kreen and carries its panicking prey 20 feet into the air. The griffon tries to fly away, moving at half speed as it carries the thri-kreen back to its lair.
If rescued, the thri
for it. Characters who investigate the 18-foot-tall mound find it crawling with termites but also discover a sizable crack in one side. This supernaturally dark gap is wide enough for a Large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
golem. She ordered her remaining forces to fall back, whereupon the golem withdrew to the altar once more. Skella is prepared to let the adventurers take a crack at defeating the golem, so that she can
. (The statues are impressive-looking but harmless.)
Basalt Doors. At the back of the dais stands a set of double doors made of carved black basalt, flanked by two glowing quartz pillars. Above the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Random Encounters (D-S) Ezmerelda d’Avenir Ezmerelda has cast a greater invisibility spell on herself and is stealthily exploring the castle. Choose one character in the back rank of the party’s
you look back, you see a shadow, tall and still, but nothing of its dimensions that could cast it. If more than one shadow is present, the others are close by but hidden in the darkness. These undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
end of the cave, near the roof, is a long, horizontal crevice about a foot wide. The air is sucked into this crack at great speed, creating the loud whistling noise and snuffing out torches. Shortly
the rush of air slows down, stops for a couple of seconds, and then comes back out in a great blast of steam. This steam is not hot enough to scald anyone who keeps low and avoids the crevice, but it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
. Fresh as I was from Evereska, I’d never heard the warnings of the wise regarding this site. I am either extraordinarily beloved of Solonor, or stupidly lucky, to have made it back out alive. Tragically
the central towers has a great crack running along its western edge, and several of the others display a degree of damage. As we came even closer to the towers, they appeared to be anything but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, how the mighty have fallen!
“This shield has the power to corrupt everything around it. The Hhune family of Baldur’s Gate has kept it for years now. Doubtless they’ll want it back, but this shield
escape the shield there. Sylvira leaves it to the characters to decide what to do with the shield. A small part of her is relieved if the characters decide to take it with them, as she knows the evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, it attaches the staff to the back of its head and uses the staff to crack open its own skull and peel it apart, enabling its brain to be extracted and placed in a brine pool, where it can grow into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
sequestered in a cavern off the main chamber, where they protect the young and supervise food stores. These orcs take control of prisoners brought back from raids, using them as slave labor to dig out new
cult, which call themselves the Red Fang of Shargaas, take advantage of these secret tunnels to raid the outside world and bring back prisoners. The members of the Red Fang use giant, carnivorous bats
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the world). Females that are about to give birth are relieved of their other roles and taken to the lair’s whelping pens, where they are tended to by Luthic’s followers. Orcs don’t take mates, and no
on a raid just as another group returns, laden with severed heads, sacks of loot, and armfuls of food. Warriors also serve as scouts, bringing back detailed reports about the surrounding area so that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
gripped by overwhelming concerns about assassination plots, revenge-seekers, and other schemes against it. When these thoughts bubble to the surface, the Xanathar might crack down on its lieutenants
objectives is to get an agent into the place that can start sending copies of that information back to the Xanathar for review. The Xanathar’s ultimate goal is to control the entire region under
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
damage except radiant damage. No spell can turn it back into a lemure. Destroying the statue voids the contract. Song of the Devil. The devil produces sheet music with the deal written on it. To enter
swell of lava oozes from a crack in the ground and quickly cools into rock. The deal appears as glowing script on the hardening lava. To enter the contract, the devil and the character making the deal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
the demiplane, read or paraphrase the following: You appear in a chamber enclosed by thick walls of thorns. Behind you, the glowing portal back to the woods shimmers. Cold mist coils through the air
unicorn as payment, horn or no horn.”
A deeper voice growls back, “All right, keep your wig on. Kelek knows what he’s doing.”
“Well, at least get somebody to fetch my dinner! I’m starving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
runes. The doors have neither handles nor hinges. The writing on them reads, “THE THREE KEYS. BRING THEM FORTH.” The doors part, sliding back into the walls, when the three correct keys are brought
move out of sight of the fresco and defends it to the death. If forcibly moved away from the fresco, the creature tries to find its way back. The creature can’t rest while under this effect. After 24
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
.
Tasha
Your group is bound to the designs of an ancient being of tremendous power and influence. You might serve as the creature’s eyes and ears in the world, carrying information back to it. Or
, local official, or noble. 2 Back-Room Dealers. An exclusive area in an otherwise-ordinary establishment requires a password or token to gain entry. There you meet and communicate with shadowy agents of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
trying to dig a tunnel back to the Underdark. The collapse killed the derro and laid the zombified hunters to rest. D6: Stolen Goods A few crates are scattered around this room, and two immense golden
magic to help the raiders learn Therno Lake’s defenses. Secretly, many derro feared the lamia, and they were relieved when the cave-in trapped her here. The lamia hasn’t eaten in days. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
at the back of the room has some giant-sized cloaks and sleeping garments hanging from bronze hooks on the wall, as well as a giant barrel of wine. Treasure Atop the wooden table are a 5-foot-tall
guards in areas 16, area 17, area 18, and area 24. Relieved guards return here to rest. When an alarm sounds, the sleeping giants awaken, grab their morningstars, and move to area 6. If there are no