barriers belong diffusing contained recent

Goblin Psi Commander

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

of their psionic abilities, goblin psi commanders wield blades of pure psychic energy. They can throw barriers of mental force while toppling foes with a single, mind-splitting burst. Psionic

with other Aberrations, which help them transform in return for their service as shock troops. Regardless, the result is the same: a goblin with unnatural and barely contained psychic power. Psionic

Far Traveler

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

;n. Recent events in your homeland have led to the abolition of slavery, and a corresponding increase in the traffic between Mulhorand and the distant parts of Faerûn. Those who leave behind

hundreds of miles of the Great Glacier and the Great Ice Sea. No one from your nation makes the effort to cross such colossal barriers without a convincing reason. You must fear something truly

Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Echo Cave. In addition to its mineral wealth, the mine contained great magical power. Human spellcasters allied themselves with the dwarves and gnomes to channel and bind that energy into a great forge

recent years, people have resettled the area. Phandalin is now a rough-and-tumble frontier town. More important, the Rockseeker brothers — a trio of dwarves — have discovered the entrance to Wave Echo

Chapter 1: A Dangerous Journey

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

known as Wave Echo Cave. In addition to its mineral wealth, the mine contained great magical power. Human spellcasters allied themselves with dwarves and gnomes to channel and bind that energy into a

Cave was lost. For centuries, rumors of buried riches have attracted treasure seekers and opportunists to the area around Phandalin, but no one has located the lost mine. In recent years, people

Halfling Tables

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Courage. You seek to prove that the bravest heart can be contained within the smallest of packages. 2 Companionship. You’re pretty sure you can be friends with anyone or anything. 3 Hopeful. You will

how small you may be, you won’t back down from a bully. Halfling Flaws d6 Flaw 1 You can’t resist poking your nose where it doesn’t belong. 2 You are very fidgety. Sitting still is a major challenge

Exploring the Gulch

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

Exploring the Gulch Dumathoin’s Gulch was once a dwarven mine, but the erosion of the stream exposed it to the sky. The mine contained a shrine to Dumathoin, and the power of that deity still infuses

(Religion or Arcana) check. Succeed on a DC 25 Intelligence (Religion or Arcana) check. Belong to the cleric or paladin class and worship Dumathoin as a deity. A creature that deciphers the moon runes

The Inventor's Sabotage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light

Aeghith’s community hall (area A6) is filled with small booths in which inventors display their recent flying-machine innovations. At the event’s end, a panel of kithkin judges from Burrenton’s Flying

facility’s supplies, including several brooms and a custodial cart. Staff members contained the supplies in a crate they labeled “Danger! Do not open!” Just moments after the expo began, though, Lile

Credits

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade

Morte explores the multiverse, but he doesn’t exactly make friends wherever he goes. On the Alt-Cover Artist Tony DiTerlizzi depicts a githyanki warrior, the most recent in a long tradition of

unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of Wizards of the Coast.

Detention Monitors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

7). Instructor Minexes is a recent addition to the faculty who is enthusiastic about learning and team-building. Earlier in the week, a load of supply crates failed to arrive at a storage area on

contained chemical substances that, unless recovered quickly and stored properly, could become unstable. Unwilling to frighten the students, the instructor keeps this information quiet for now

Where Are You From?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

home and traveled to the unfamiliar climes of northern Faerûn. Recent events in your homeland have led to the abolition of slavery, and a corresponding increase in the traffic between Mulhorand and the

the north and bounded on its other sides by hundreds of miles of the Great Glacier and the Great Ice Sea. No one from your nation makes the effort to cross such colossal barriers without a convincing

Mount Ironrot Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Docents from these ruins, and that the pilgrims consider the items sacred. Mercy also talks about the pilgrims’ recent run-ins with rival salvagers. Mercy mentions two other groups in particular: a

pilgrims regard the Docents as sacred. Regardless of these facts, the veteran insists that these treasures rightfully belong to “living, breathing Cyrans.” If the characters agree to help the Turquoise

4. True Entrance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

for tracks discovers boot prints leading into the tomb. The tracks are not recent and belong to the last group of treasure seekers to enter here. 4A. First Puzzle Door A slab of worked stone blocks

Gauntlgrym

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Gauntlgrym Gauntlgrym has a complex and contradictory history, the gist of it depending on who’s doing the telling. Humans have one story, of what they know from recent years, but for us dwarves

where the being of pure flame is contained, to harness the unquenchable fire as the dwarves of old did. THE CANTICLE OF GAUNTLGRYM Passed down by dwarves throughout the North for centuries, the

Goblinoid War Camp

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

. If an enemy force does approach, though, these barriers do a good job of delaying any incursion until the goblinoids can rally their defenses. Inside the surrounding bulwark, the goblinoids all have

maintain their own battle gear, but ammunition and replacement gear are kept on hand, as well as other nonperishable supplies. Rather than being contained in a building, these items are on wagons

Upper Floor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

-ridden, and the curtains that once screened the bed are torn and stained. There is no bed linen, but the bed is mostly intact. While some smugglers have slipped away to nap here in recent months, there

support significant weight. A successful DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Survival) check enables a character to detect recent tracks that lead from the door to the window, and back again

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Random Encounters With routine patrols of heavily armed gray dwarves who can turn invisible, Gracklstugh is a relatively safe place for those who know where they belong and stay there. However

slaves. The drow is in Gracklstugh to retrieve a cargo of duergar metalwork and knows nothing about the recent events in Velkynvelve. Roll a d6 and consult the Drow House Loyalty table to determine the

19. Spiderwatch Keep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

lock spell cast on it that only drow wearing the obsidian insignia scarabs of House Freth can ignore. These well-appointed quarters belong to the fortress castellan, Rilna Freth, a drow elite warrior

though that act is ultimately for her own gain — he will be cast out from his family. Drivvin is looking for the right time to break the news to his sister, whose recent defeats at the hands of House

Tier 2 Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

immediately. Waterfall. The ceiling once contained a canal that channeled water from the third tier to the second. Now the water falls straight into the room, creating the bog. Treasure. Submerged in the

lines the bottoms of the cages. Mirror Menagerie. Nine of the mirror’s extradimensional cells are occupied by monsters and people who foolishly ventured into the gardens in recent years, summarized on

Clerks' Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

Sensation pays well for sensations not contained in its extensive collection. Sensates reward adventurers for delivering sensory stones that contain coveted yet dangerous experiences, such as the thrill

project, especially recent ones, fetch a high price with opposing factions. Unsurprisingly, the underground compound is heavily defended. Within the campus lies a thrumming portal to Ysgard, a plane where

Red Larch Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

belong to farmers who till plots close to town, shepherds who keep herds in nearby pastures, and workers or servants employed by the larger businesses. Many of the locations in town feature information

in the vicinity, because she believes every monster that is slain makes Red Larch that much safer. If the characters don’t approach her, Kaylessa tells them of recent disturbances near Red Larch

Illithinoch Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

goblins drank in a recent game of drink-or-dare. Rift in Reality. The rift leads into the Far Realm to a location called the Feeder Trenches. The Feeder Trenches are described in the “Far Realm Rifts

crystal, roll 1d20 on the Crystal Images table to determine the image contained within it. The three newer crystals are results 1, 2, and 3; if a character examines the newer crystals, use only those

Torrents Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

in the Fane of the Eye. Iron Post. The iron post is a recent addition to the cavern, planted haphazardly into the rock of the staircase. When the characters arrive in the chamber for the first time, a

P14, and area P16). The globe has a flying speed of 10 feet, and a creature contained within gains the benefit of a water breathing spell for as long as it remains in the globe. Any time during the

Web's Edge Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

cultists created a false front in this foyer. The skeletal remains and rusted gear belong to five long-dead adventurers whom the characters can identify as two dwarves, an elf, a gnome, and a

Graz’zt to Lolth. Since he is a recent recruit, Maaltok’s yochlol handlers assigned him guard duty, which he performs grudgingly. Maaltok knows each of the prison cells’ inhabitants and doesn’t expect

Ziggurat Locations, Tier 5

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

. “Kastrith” forbids the characters from opening the chests, claiming they belong to other priests. Inside each chest is a human corpse. Two of the corpses wear bright yellow robes and wooden masks, while the

. Two wererat thieves in humanoid form divide their recent spoils. When they notice the characters, the wererats throw a cloth over the chest to conceal it and leap to their feet. The wererats

Death House Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

enters this room. Signs of Abduction. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check ascertains that the disarrayed nightstand and broken window are the result of a recent

doll’s head and looks down its neck finds a Spell Scroll of Detect Evil and Good. D21: Secret Stairs This narrow spiral staircase is made of creaky wood contained within a 5-foot-wide shaft of

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

when the trap is sprung must succeed on a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw or take 10 (4d4) piercing damage and have the poisoned condition for 1 hour. Treasure. Contained within the box is a delicate gold

, the mouths clamp down. If both arms belong to the same character, that character takes 28 (8d6) piercing damage; if the arms belong to different characters, each character takes 14 (4d6) piercing damage

Abyssal Prisons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

dimensional barriers that prevent fiends from teleporting or summoning other demons within the sector. Fiendish Arena In this zone, a vampire named Issem culls the weakest demons using arena combat. When

talking to Eldrath, a female human vampire spawn that challenges them. If the characters fail to talk their way through or make it obvious in any way that they don’t belong here, the monsters attack. 2

K84. Catacombs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

contained in a secret compartment under Endorovich’s remains. Once his bones and dust are swept away, the compartment can be found and opened without an ability check. Crypt 8 Duchess Dorfniya

party, it refuses to enter the crypt. The slab in this crypt is 4 feet long (instead of the usual 6 feet long). The bones atop the slab belong to the fool servant of Duchess Dorfniya Dilisnya (see crypt

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

contained shrines to various gods, but the Onyx Scar renovated it, creating a hallway with arrow slits on both sides. Arrow Slits. Four Onyx Scar thugs stand behind the western arrow slits, ready to shoot

, and a shambling mound. These creatures lurk amid the garden’s vegetation. Characters who have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 16 or higher see the creatures. A recent effort by the Onyx Scar to

Areas of the Water Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

water weirds are cold and clammy to the touch, and sound half-full if rapped on. A weird can attack only if someone opens the hatch at the top of the vat in which it is contained. Any commotion in

the time. The extra bunks belong to the cultists working in area C22. Any loud fighting in this room alerts the cultists in area C22, who investigate soon after. C24. Bridge of Heroes A stone bridge

Locations R - U

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

or barriers, so anyone traversing it is at the mercy of the wind. Suggested Encounter The first time the adventurers approach the midpoint of the bridge, they see a fire giant and a hell hound

Waterdhavians and adventurers remain — and in recent years have become homes to bandits and monsters. Those who excavate the Sumber Hills for building stone and gravel often talk of finding gemstones and rich

Areas of the Earth Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

the temple, they need to talk fast, because Nartham craves an excuse to kill. The cooking fire and bedrolls belong to the hobgoblins, who have not yet been allocated better quarters in the temple. They

they fell long ago. More recent clutter in the form of filthy furs and splintered wooden furniture also lies scattered about the room. A pile of broken chairs and table legs lies next to a smoky fire

Locations E - H

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

remnant of a bygone realm. Although the region attracts many prospectors, no kingdom or civilization in recent history has been able to tame it. Hill giants, ettins, ogres, orcs, and trolls dwell here in

inside the adamantine forge in Ironslag (see chapter 8, “Forge of the Fire Giants,” area 29), the fire primordial is trapped within that forge and likewise contained. If the primordial is released

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