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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the site, read the following: The Moon Glade is a secluded clearing, roughly eighty feet in diameter, with half that space taken up by the pool of water at its center. Huge ancient trees around the
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Inscribed Stones. Anyone able to read Druidic can read the writing on the stones, all of which makes reference to divination and magic. The stones of the pool were brought here by visiting druids using
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Arriving on Krynn When the party steps through the Sigil portal and arrives on Krynn, they arrive through a doorway in a massive tree. Read the following: The rising sun limns the rolling hills
-orange buds still flowering. The doorway through which you’ve just emerged is a deep, dark furrow in the tree’s bark.
The fourth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts points to another tree on a nearby
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
exploration of the peylon tree at area P1. When they arrive at the tree, read or paraphrase the following: This tree is hundreds of feet tall. The tree’s leafless branches and bark are pale and soft-looking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Temple of the Immortal Lotus. When the characters enter the forest, read: As you begin your journey into the Cloakwood, the forest darkens at an alarming rate. From all around, you hear whispers, rustling
foliage, and the distant roars of unidentifiable beasts.
The Cloakwood is home to many fierce fey and beasts. Due to its dangerous inhabitants and flora, only the desperate dare enter these woods, making it a suitable location for Bak Mei’s secret temple complex.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
9. Complex of Secret Doors If someone opens the door on the east wall of area 8, read: The small room beyond the door is empty and appears to have no other exits.
The south wall contains the first
take 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage from the falling door.
Bolts from Above. Each round that characters are in any of the rooms inside the complex of secret doors, a number of bolts will be fired into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Adventure Overview This adventure begins when the characters read the story of the lost golem in Alkazaar’s Appendix and discover the magic picture in the book. The picture-portal can teleport the
they can profit from it. The golem appears inactive, but the party can figure out how to activate the golem from the book. By talking with the Bedine, the adventurers learn about a ruined cave complex
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. As the characters approach the Red Belvedere, read or paraphrase the following: Jagged mountains give way to an unexpectedly beautiful sight: a sprawling, palatial complex glittering with silver and
gold. Light dances through the front rotunda’s red stained-glass dome, reflecting off the overcast sky to shower the buildings with a rosy glow. A carved stone sign at the front of the complex reads
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. Read the following when the characters enter: A captivating drumbeat grows louder as the Blue leads you along a corridor set with archways, at the end of which a cavernous ballroom opens up. Half the
space is filled with dancing people, but other figures stand along the sides, vigorously debating.
The Blue leads you to a nearly seven-foot-tall figure draped in a complex arrangement of robes and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Charisma of 16. Aphelion can speak and read all languages. It appears as a shifting, face-like arrangement of complex, technological shapes. Aphelion has extensive knowledge of astronomy, spacefaring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
ground. “Well, well,” he says. “Here’s a whole pack of little puppies. What do you want here, puppies? Come down here to bark at us?”
If the Redbrands confront the characters in the street, read: As
locations in the town. If the characters confront the Redbrands at the Sleeping Giant, read: The Sleeping Giant is a ramshackle taproom at the east end of town. Several disheveled, surly humans linger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
,” he snarls. “Here’s a whole pack of little puppies. What do you want, puppies? Come here to bark at us?”
If the Redbrands confront the characters in the street, read: As you head back into the street
Confrontation If the characters confront the Redbrands at the Sleeping Giant, read: The Sleeping Giant is a ramshackle taproom at the east end of town. Four human ruffians linger on the covered porch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Running the Adventures To run each of these adventures, you need the fifth edition Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual. Before you sit down with your players, read the text
of the adventure all the way through and familiarize yourself with the maps as well, perhaps making notes about complex areas or places where the characters are certain to go, so you’re well prepared
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Running the Adventures To run each of these adventures, you need the fifth edition Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual. Before you sit down with your players, read the text
of the adventure and familiarize yourself with the maps as well, perhaps making notes about complex areas or places where the characters are certain to go, so you’re well prepared before the action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
characters arrive, read the following: The landscape around you bears the scars of a purple worm’s habitation, a complex of caves that collapsed as the worm created its rubble-filled tunnels. You see
centuries, all the caverns except one have been reduced to rubble as the area fell under the sway of a purple worm. Only a small section of the old cavern complex now remains—the Hall of Rainbows. When the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Draakhorn is being used by the cult to summon chromatic dragons to their cause. As the characters are arriving in Waterdeep, read or paraphrase the following. A sudden shift in the wind brings with it a
who have noticed. The city around you goes unnaturally quiet suddenly. No dogs bark, no birds squawk. Even the street vendors have gone silent.
The silence lasts only a moment before the normal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Draakhorn is being used by the cult to summon chromatic dragons to their cause. As the characters are arriving in Waterdeep, read or paraphrase the following. A sudden shift in the wind brings with it a
who have noticed. The city around you goes unnaturally quiet suddenly. No dogs bark, no birds squawk. Even the street vendors have gone silent.
The silence lasts only a moment before the normal
Kobold
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, and can eat just about anything, including meat, fruit, tree bark, bone, leather, and eggshells (a newly hatched kobold’s first meal is usually its own shell). A hungry tribe leaves nothing
moves its tribe to another area, ceding the contested territory to its more successful neighbors.
As demonstrated by their hatred of gnomes, kobolds have a persecution complex and easily take offense
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
, “Random Encounters,” for more information. If you don’t want to incorporate random encounters into the journey to the Barrier Peaks, read the following: The mountains of the Barrier Peaks have grown
original expedition’s map, you find a cleft in the rocks that leads to the start of a twisting tunnel complex. As you prepare to enter, you bid farewell to the world of life and light as you leave it behind you . . .
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
9: Tavern Dubbed the Drunken Dragon, this tavern caters to residents and visitors alike and hosts a nightly drinking game.
When the characters arrive at the tavern, read the following boxed text
Drink Cost
Stiff
Ale 1 GP
Honey Mead 1 GP
Wine 1 GP
Dry
Bark Tea 1 GP
Cider 1 GP
Food Food Cost
Bottomless Soup 1 GP
Cheese and Fruit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
40. Dragon Breath When the party reaches the bottom of the stairs, read: A staircase leads upward into the gloom. It seems as though you have found the entrance to another layer within the complex
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
other citizens. Those bystanders generally return the favor by giving altercations between criminals and the Watch a wide berth. Waterdeep has a complex library of law and custom set by precedent, the
main body of which can be read in the Code Legal. This document is available in multiple languages at the Palace of Waterdeep, and (in the Common tongue) provided on request by the magisters at the
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
the transformation early. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the same state you were in when you initially transformed.
Book. You gain the ability to speak, read, and write 1d6 + 2
additional cards to keep, returning the other to the deck. The magic of the card you keep takes effect immediately thereafter.
Tree. Your skin immediately becomes rough, like tree bark. Your base AC now
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
(area L2) or Pincushion (area L9) are left here for a while before the hag shows up. When Granny Nightshade arrives, read: The door creaks open, and a little old woman totters forward. She wears a
grimy, old-fashioned shawl, and her skin looks like gnarled bark. A large iron key extends from her back, ticking rhythmically as it rotates.
“Sit down, children,” she says in a voice reminiscent of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Encounters in the Forge
Map 3.5: Bel’s Forge View Player Version The following descriptions correspond to areas marked on map 3.5. F1. Descent to the Forge Read the following boxed text to the
players when their characters reach the lowest level of Bel’s fortress: A wrought iron spiral staircase descends into a cavernous forge. Channels of bubbling lava wind through the complex, casting fiery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Kraken Attack! The characters arrive in the midst of chaos on the lagoon’s beach. Read or paraphrase the following: You feel warm sea air as you gaze upon the craggy shore of an island lagoon. Rising
the treasures stolen from her ancestors. She recruited a crew to help her explore the complex where she believes the treasures are held. Laysa invites the characters to the archaeologists’ camp to rest and chat. Bruce Brenneise A kraken attacks people on the Isle of Serpents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
L1. Stele Forest Towering over you is a gate with two carved stone columns and a gabled roof made from bark tiles. Above the gateway hangs a wooden plaque painted with a white lotus on a black circle
approach, read: “Very few people would dare to come here,” says a voice from above. Perched twenty feet above you is a man balanced with his legs braced between two of the larger stone columns. He has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
poorly to changing circumstances. They can’t read, speak, emote, or communicate in any way except to nod, shake their heads, or point. Still, skeletons are able to accomplish a variety of relatively
complex tasks.
A skeleton can fight with weapons and wear armor, can load and fire a catapult or trebuchet, scale a siege ladder, form a shield wall, or dump boiling oil. However, it must receive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
presenting a D&D adventure that was as much story-driven as location-based, featuring a villain who was complex and terrifying. Castle Ravenloft, with its amazing three-dimensional maps, remains to
meant for you, the Dungeon Master, alone. We recommend you read the entire adventure before attempting to run it. It assumes that you have the fifth edition Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
information.) When the characters come within sight of the island, read: The sun makes the waves sparkle as Firewatch Island comes fully into view. Three barren hills are its most noticeable landmarks, rising
to have two floors. A bell tower rises an additional two stories above the rest of the building, and a low stone wall surrounds part of the complex.
If the characters approach the pier that serves the hermitage, see area 1 for more information.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
3.2: Derwyth's Homestead View Player Version H1: Yard Whether led by the eagles or by forging a path through the thicket, the characters likely enter the homestead via the yard. When they arrive, read
16, she has the incapacitated condition, and she can’t move or speak.
H2: Antechamber This room’s south door is locked. If the characters enter, read or paraphrase the following text: Old cloaks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Read the following text aloud, making adjustments as necessary if the characters have not met Sovereign Basidia. A soft, glowing light rises from ahead, emanating from a vast cavern. The entire
queen who has corrupted the myconids, has made her intentions clear. She is leading her new followers to the vast cavern complex occupied by Araumycos, the largest life-form in the Underdark and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Chapter 2: Key Deck of Many Things is a complex magic item, and introducing one to your game can be challenging. This chapter addresses numerous topics especially important to the Dungeon Master
deck might have a different story. Perhaps the Deck of Many Things already existed when Istus used it to read Asteria’s future, and it has another origin entirely. Perhaps it was the creation of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the Statues When the party approaches the statues, read the following. As you approach the statues, you hear the sudden sound of grinding stone. The colossal figures turn their massive heads, their
reverting to their initial positions. The characters are free to continue on into the complex, but they receive no benefit from this interaction. Cultist Campsite and Ruined Fountain Varram’s cultists have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
the Statues When the party approaches the statues, read the following. As you approach the statues, you hear the sudden sound of grinding stone. The colossal figures turn their massive heads, their
reverting to their initial positions. The characters are free to continue on into the complex, but they receive no benefit from this interaction. Cultist Campsite and Ruined Fountain Varram’s cultists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
the hopes of casting down their evil sources of energy, even if doing so means they must seek out new sources of nourishment. Flumph Society. Flumphs live in complex and organized groups called
that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as all divination spells.
Actions
Tendrils. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage