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Gith
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
to plunder the Material Plane and other worlds, bringing treasures and slaves back to their ageless realm. At the same time, they hunt down and kill mind flayers whenever possible, as recompense for
against the illithids, a combined force of gith could conceivably tip the balance in their favor. But as long as the githyanki and githzerai stay at each other’s throats, their goal of ultimate victory over their original common enemy will likely remain unachieved.
Halfling
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Regis the halfling, the only one of his kind for hundreds of miles in any direction, locked his fingers behind his head and leaned back against the mossy blanket of the tree trunk. Regis was short
among them usually venture into the world for reasons of community, friendship, wanderlust, or curiosity. They love discovering new things, even simple things, such as an exotic food or an unfamiliar
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
stuck beneath a bridge on a major trade road, terrifying travelers.
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After an unwise attack from a whaling ship, a dragon turtle pursued the ship back to harbor and now attacks any ship that tries
anger. This temperament, combined with their disinterest in moral quandaries, allows them to get along with—or at least abide—most creatures they encounter. They frequently enter symbiotic
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
and is now stuck beneath a bridge on a major trade road, terrifying travelers.
3
After an unwise attack from a whaling ship, a dragon turtle pursued the ship back to harbor and now attacks any
and slow to anger. This temperament, combined with their disinterest in moral quandaries, allows them to get along with—or at least abide—most creatures they encounter. They frequently
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
a bridge on a major trade road, terrifying travelers.
3
After an unwise attack from a whaling ship, a dragon turtle pursued the ship back to harbor and now attacks any ship that tries to leave
. This temperament, combined with their disinterest in moral quandaries, allows them to get along with—or at least abide—most creatures they encounter. They frequently enter symbiotic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
clubs, two daggers, and six wooden shields. Hark’s Larder At the north end of the cave is a smaller cave where Boss Hark keeps prisoners before feeding them to his giant rats. Cowering in the back of this
9. Boss Hark’s Cave This 10-foot-high cave contains Hark, the goblin boss, two female goblins (bodyguards) named Ratcha and Zukluk, and seven giant rats (Hark’s beloved pets). When the characters
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
various worlds. While it can include fewer or different cards, it frequently appears with a Deck of Many Things as part of a combined deck of sixty-six illuminated cards. The combined deck is usually
draw the same card multiple times.
The DM can use the physical cards provided in The Deck of Many Things card set to build a combined Deck of Many Things and Deck of Many More Things, including
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
built into the floor to aid in moving the stone across it. The block can be pushed back up the rollers by the combined effort of up to four characters with a total Strength of 45 or higher, or moved out
onto the bare stone floor by the combined effort of up to four characters with a total Strength of 50 or higher. In either case, the stone can be moved a number of feet per round equal to half the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
. Their leader, Sarak (Medium, Lawful Neutral Priest), represents the combined interests of those who live in Boreal Ridge. Introspective and kind, Sarak expects anyone who lives or stays within Boreal
about themselves. When it’s in Lorwyn, Boreal Ridge is known by the same name. Reasons to Visit Adventurers might visit Boreal Ridge for one of the following reasons: Creating a Masterpiece. An artisan at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Mission to Tashluta A’lai Aivenmore asks the characters to travel to the city of Tashluta in Tashalar, find Mayastan Sadaar at the House of the All-Seeing Orb, and bring her back. The First Reader
has no proof that Mayastan is in danger, but the implications of her name appearing in The Canopic Being are alarming. A’lai expects that the characters have their own reasons to investigate, having
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. Giant Patrons Giant Role Group Patron Type Boss Criminal Syndicate Financier Aristocrat Seer Ancient Being Sovereign Sovereign Tutor Academy Warleader Military Force Boss A giant boss wields
size and strength as tools to extract wealth and power from communities of smaller folk. The boss might threaten to harm adventurers or those they care about if they refuse to do the giant’s bidding. Or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
and wish you good luck before they row back to the ship. Your visit to Dragon’s Rest begins!
Before continuing with the adventure, encourage the players to introduce their characters to each other if
they haven’t done so already. They might want to discuss their reasons for visiting Dragon’s Rest, or they might prefer to keep their reasons secret for now. If they have any questions about what they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
find Krenko’s hideout: a warehouse near a canal. A final showdown with the goblin mob boss, his retinue, and possible Shattergang interlopers ensues. Then it’s merely a matter of delivering Krenko back to Nassius before more trouble breaks out.
during a prison transfer, and it’s urgent that the characters locate him and bring him back to justice as soon as possible and with discretion. The characters can retrace the route of the transfer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
tower bridge, adjusting time back toward the past. Combined with her own magical influence, this allows the unicorn to separate the myconids from the trees, returning the woods to their former condition.
the party down to demand a duel by combat. He explains what the characters have really done, and offers to lead the characters back to the woods to right their wrongs if they can be persuaded to. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Bregan D’aerthe Bregan D’aerthe is a mercenary company with more power and influence in Menzoberranzan than all the lesser noble houses combined. Bregan D’aerthe benefits from its close ties with
demon lords do in the Underdark, but he’s worried about the future of Menzoberranzan as well as his secret holdings on the surface world. He wants to know how the demon lords arrived and how to send them back, and members of Bregan D’aerthe will support characters who claim to have those answers.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
players invent their own reasons for their characters to seek out the wisdom and assistance of Elder Runara, who runs the cloister. Read the following text when you’re ready to start: Stormwreck Isle
, where a large rowboat is neatly tied. They point to the base of the path and wish you good luck before they row back to the ship. Your visit to Dragon’s Rest begins!
Before continuing with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
holding their lines against the combined forces of Breland and Thrane. And then it all came to an end. Some say that the dead-gray mist began in Metrol, initially flowing out of the royal palaces of
. Over the last four years, people have ventured into the mist for many reasons. Some sought to plunder the abandoned treasures of the richest nation in Galifar. Others hoped to find lost loved ones, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Adventure Hooks Use one of the following adventure hooks to draw the characters into the story: Back to the Realm. This hook continues the story of the Dungeons & Dragons animated series and assumes
dream. The Realm has now called the characters back, though they don’t know why. Now adults, the characters have been reunited and a new friend has joined them. But what—or whom—could have brought them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
tossed over the back wall of the keep, or using the old tunnel that exits into the stream bed. This mission can be combined with another mission, such as saving the mill or rescuing villagers from the
temple of Chauntea (area 3). All characters need to do is bring a live cultist or Cult of the Dragon initiate back to the keep. Or characters can go into the town hunting for one specifically
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Progressing Stages The plague’s progress begins at stage one, advances to stage four, and then either wanes back to stage one or ends when everyone in a community is dead. Each stage can last for
cycle proceed for as long as your adventures demand, waxing or waning whenever it’s most dramatic. The plague will never kill everyone in Richemulot; there will always be miraculous cures or reasons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
for bringing it back. You have the freedom to chart your own destiny, while still letting the patron shape the nature of your group and the adventures you undertake. It might help to think of the
, and universities are typically highly autonomous. In a player-directed organization, you don’t have a patron because your adventuring party is in charge. You’re the boss; you tell others what to do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
bottomless hole in the basement — at least you’re pretty sure it’s bottomless
5 Feeding it to the goat out back
6 Making your coworkers eat it by slipping it into their food, piece by piece
Features
1 Proficiencies and Starting Equipment, Gift of Words
2 Documancy Satchel, Fluent in Boss
3 Satchel of Holding, Document Flexibility
4 Scroll Humidor, Scroll Service
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Morning, Day 1: Krenko meets with his gang and prepares a disguise for himself.
Noon, Day 1: Krenko and his gang secure an abandoned warehouse as a temporary hideout for the mob boss.
Sunset, Day 1
weapons back to Krenko’s hideout.
Late Evening, Day 2: Explosions rock Foundry Street as the Shattergang Brothers start violently coercing citizens who are known to have dealings with Krenko. The Lyev
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
tossed over the back wall of the keep, or using the old tunnel that exits into the stream bed. This mission can be combined with another mission, such as saving the mill or rescuing villagers from the
temple of Chauntea. All characters need to do is bring a live cultist or Cult of the Dragon initiate back to the keep. Or characters can go into the town hunting for one specifically. Prisoners
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
, summon a lackey or three, buff the boss, debuff the characters, or move the creature into an advantageous position. They’re just a taste of what’s to come. The second villain action provides crowd
could push back a villain action if a creature is stunned or might stay alive for more than three rounds, or you could perform the recommended third action in round two after several surprise critical hits!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
flooded, drowning the house in brackish muck. Tales say the house’s residents struggled to escape the pit, but the farm’s owner—desperate to keep her family with her—dragged them back into the sinking
. Gradually, these unthinking Undead combined into a soul shaker. Although the mind of this new horror was a fractured amalgam of thoughts, it remembered the lost soul named Culley, whose memories were the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
foremost of all. In the center of the acropolis stands Karsus’s Sanctum, a pillared pavilion that looks out over the city. Reasons to Visit. Adventurers might visit the acropolis for one of the following
reasons: Karsus. Adventurers might ask Karsus to cast impossible spells or bestow supernatural gifts, request that he intervene in some matter of law in the city, or seek to stop him from bringing down
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, gruel for the ghoul.”
The stench of rotting flesh wafts from the bronze serpents. Close examination reveals dried blood in each statue’s mouth and tiny tubes at the back of its neck. The tubes extend
door open. The door weighs 1,000 pounds and can be lifted by characters with a combined Strength of 33 or more. If the characters do so, secret doors on either side of the hallway behind the door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Plane, they send raiders out to plunder the Material Plane and other worlds, bringing treasures and slaves back to their ageless realm. At the same time, they hunt down and kill mind flayers whenever
to team up against the illithids, a combined force of gith could conceivably tip the balance in their favor. But as long as the githyanki and githzerai stay at each other’s throats, their goal of ultimate victory over their original common enemy will likely remain unachieved.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
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
Waterdeep (both Undermountain and Skullport), giving it as much political clout as all the Lords of Waterdeep combined. Division of Labor Thanks to its superior intelligence and its unique way of thinking
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
present giants as patrons, rivals, or adversaries, or suggest reasons why characters might venture to locations constructed or occupied by giants. The adventure hooks are spread throughout these three
Giant-Sized Schemes (chapter 3, “Adventure Models”)
50–52 Into the Giant Realms (chapter 3, “Adventure Models”)
53–54 Boss Assignments (chapter 3, “Giant Patrons”)
55–56 Financier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
magical compulsion can get her to back down. The rest of the mutineers, however, are willing to listen to reasons why they shouldn’t overthrow their captain. Set the DC for succeeding at 15, and then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Setup This adventure is best used late in the campaign for two reasons. First, the characters know more about the elemental cults and have a better perspective to understand the Dark Lady’s
inn. When they do, read the following text: Just as the spell said, your contact — a hard-looking woman — is waiting at a back table in the inn. After pleasantries are exchanged, she unfurls a map of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, and sport — is a tradition that goes back to the ancient times of the giants. Other races developed the sling, the spear-thrower, or the bow to artificially improve the strength and accuracy of their
far as it can. The giant who was challenged then goes to where the stone landed and hurls it back at the challenger. A challenger who is stronger wins, because the return throw will fall short, but a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
-building, beast taming, mining, smelting, forging, and religion. If the tribe has any spellcasters, this caste includes them. Lashers follow the lead of the tribe’s boss, and enforce their will on
the opportunity to supervise and dominate such creatures, which have no status at all. WHO'S THE BOSS?
Goblins pattern the rule of their tribes after the whip-cracking rule of their god