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Infernal Machine Rebuild
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At one time, he was told that he was a statue of Demogorgon brought to life by Thessalar’s experiments. He has since come to believe that he is now the actual Demogorgon, with his two heads
stewards.
If the ettin is defeated, examining the pouches around his necks reveals a collection of eyeballs and still-beating dragon hearts. The silver wires connect those living tissues to the ettin
Folk Hero
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
You come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so much more. Already the people of your home village regard you as their champion, and your destiny calls you to stand against the
leadership and was commended for my heroism.
FEATURE: RUSTIC HOSPITALITY
Since you come from the ranks of the common folk, you fit in among them with ease. You can find a place to hide, rest
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
You are the heir to something of great value — not mere coin or wealth, but an object that has been entrusted to you and you alone. Your inheritance might have come directly to you from a
, and might have set you on the path to adventure, but it could also come with many dangers, including those who covet your gift and want to take it from you — by force, if need be.
Skill
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Baldur’s Gate was founded by sailors, and its harbor is still the city’s beating heart. Several patriars are descended from captains of yore, the commerce of the Lower City is built on
the bottomless depths. Your first love is the distant line of the horizon, but the time has come to try your hand at something new.
Discuss the nature of the ship you previously sailed with your
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
imagination can turn on such champions almost as quickly as it anoints them.
You come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so much more. Already the people of your home village regard you as
Origins table for an event that started you down your heroic path..
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Origin
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You helped get healing for a sick child. Now the sick come to you, knowing you’ll help them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
other place they could have gone is into the strong room. Gristle Pete, who sleeps above the strong room, hears strange noises on certain nights. He mistakes those noises for rats, but they come from
, a beating is the best they can hope for. A smart character submits to this humiliation, because fighting back means that Bog Luck calls everyone else to help him punish the thief, and all the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Tree Trap This encounter can occur anywhere in Neverwinter Wood. Set the scene by reading the following boxed text: You come upon a sixty-foot-wide forest clearing, in the middle of which is a black
examination of a twig doll reveals something wrapped inside it. By breaking a doll apart, characters can see that it contains a still-beating pig’s heart. Any damage to a heart kills it and causes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
other place they could have gone is into the strong room. Gristle Pete, who sleeps above the strong room, hears strange noises on certain nights. He mistakes those noises for rats, but they come from
, a beating is the best they can hope for. A smart character submits to this humiliation, because fighting back means that Bog Luck calls everyone else to help him punish the thief, and all the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Card Collector “Come one, come all!” A satyr wearing a velvet cloak beams at you from a stand full of card decks. He waves with a dramatic flourish, and a set of cards appears in his hand … or did he
on these checks. If the character succeeds on one or no checks, Hugo wins. If the character succeeds on two or more checks, the character wins and is rewarded with one of the uncommon decks of magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Ending the Goliath Feud The chieftains of the Akannathi and Thuunlakalaga clans will never come to terms on their own. Characters who want to end the feud between the goliaths of Skytower Shelter and
at each other in stubborn silence. (The characters’ patience is eventually rewarded when Ogolai has food and tea brought to her. She offers to share her repast with Arn, who begrudgingly accepts out of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
their ship and routed the rest of the gang. The smuggling operation quashed, the adventurers were rewarded by the grateful Saltmarsh authorities. But even after the smugglers were routed, a danger
humans of Saltmarsh in the battle to come. Now, with the sahuagin threat revealed and new alliances formed, the town council of Saltmarsh once again needs heroes — those accomplished enough to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
responded to by a second voice.
“So! You come to honor Emmanuel, right head of the Demogorgon!”
“No! You honor Hebediah, left head of Demogorgon!”
When the characters can see into this area, read: This
was a statue of Demogorgon brought to life by Thessalar’s experiments. He has since come to believe that he is now the actual Demogorgon, with his two heads addressing one another as Aameul and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The Day’s Catch When the adventurers come within an hour’s travel of Sloobludop, they encounter a party of eight kuo-toa led by a kuo-toa monitor. The fish-folk immediately attack, but their tactics
characters speak it. Read the following: “I am Ploopploopeen, archpriest of the Sea Mother Blibdoolvpoolp. She answers my prayers by delivering you. Help us, and you will be rewarded for your service
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
spirits to her in the Demonweb to undergo her judgment. Followers never know when or if they are to be tested. One who claims to have undergone the test and passed it is rewarded with respect and
occurred in different worlds of the Material Plane at different times. I have even discovered one world, Krynn, where it has yet to come to pass.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
studied all the way from the entrance to where the path forks toward areas 5 and 6, the individual with such perseverance will be rewarded by suddenly understanding that a message is contained in barely
those are most important of all, and beware of trembling hands and what will maul.
If you find the false you find the true, and into the columned hall you’ll come, and there the throne that’s key
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of a large ship, though such a vessel is not to be found. The first part of the adventure concludes when the characters return to Saltmarsh with the truth and are rewarded for their work. The town
marsh, help is often slow to come, and so the townsfolk have become quite self-reliant. The smugglers could be from Luskan, and their selling weapons to lizardfolk could be connected to deeper goals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
dead ones — wait for adventurers intrepid enough to come and claim them. Faerûn is filled with rich history and wondrous tales of adventure and magic, but the lifeblood of its common people is
believe that any stalwarts willing to risk their lives on behalf of complete strangers should be lauded and rewarded. But such adventurers, if they become successful, amass wealth and personal status
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Folk Hero You come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so much more. Already the people of your home village regard you as their champion, and your destiny calls you to stand against
or revealed my secret origin. 10 Recruited into a lord’s army, I rose to leadership and was commended for my heroism. Feature: Rustic Hospitality Since you come from the ranks of the common folk, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Folk Hero You come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so much more. Already the people of your home village regard you as their champion, and your destiny calls you to stand against
or revealed my secret origin. 10 Recruited into a lord’s army, I rose to leadership and was commended for my heroism. Feature: Rustic Hospitality Since you come from the ranks of the common folk, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, taking severe measures to ward strangers away from their homes. Interlopers that come too close have their moral character judged, then are put to sleep or frightened off. “The tree had a wee village
secluded area of the forest. Heart Seers. Sprites can sense whether a creature is good or evil by the sound and feeling of its beating heart. Weighing the balance of a creature’s past actions, a sprite can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
company of Syndra Silvane. For details of a sample villa, see “Merchant Prince’s Villa.” 6. Grand Souk The Grand Souk, or market, is one of the three beating hearts of Port Nyanzaru — the others being
the jewel market and the Red Bazaar. True to its name, the Grand Souk is the grandest of the three. Traders from up and down the Sword Coast come to this market to buy timber, spices, medicines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Characters who explore the mines come across three rust monsters scrounging for iron ore. The rust monsters, which came up from the Underdark, attack anyone wearing metal armor or carrying metal shields or
. Loud mechanical noises come from behind the west wall.
Unless they are drawn to area X19 by sounds of combat there, four quaggoths gnaw on bones in this room and attack intruders on sight. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
duergar patrol 13–14 Mad duergar 15–16 Orc mercenaries* 17–18 Slave caravan 19 Steeder handlers 20 Themberchaud Abusive Duergar Guards The characters come upon two duergar guards beating a duergar
characters is a long-lost member of her clan and who insists on giving the party food and shelter. Orc Mercenaries These 1d4 + 1 orcs have come to Gracklstugh as caravan guards, and see the characters as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
veterans, a Watch sergeant and eleven constables. They demand that the characters surrender their weapons and come along quietly. For guidance on how to handle character arrests, see “Breaking the Law
and two veterans) down upon the characters, whom “Hyustus” accuses of beating the cell block guards to death. These reinforcements have no reason to believe that Captain Staget isn’t who he appears to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
occasional large events (such as the ascension of a new chieftain, or certain religious gatherings) for all members of a single tribe to come together in one place. Instead, the Uthgardt tend to travel in
their most frequent targets are the caravans that come in and out of Mithral Hall.
Elk. The Elk are fierce raiders and savage killers throughout their nomadic range: the Evermoors and the plains east of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
castle fluctuates. They come and go as they please. On any given day, forty to fifty are camped outside the castle. Thirty-four more plus Pharblex live in the castle barracks (areas 1G and area 2G
). Another thirty to seventy are in the immediate area, close enough to respond within fifteen minutes to the beating of the drum in the barbican. The bullywugs already believe themselves to be lords of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
come and go as they please. On any given day, forty to fifty are camped outside the castle. Thirty-four more plus Pharblex live in the castle barracks (areas 1G and 2G). Another thirty to seventy are
in the immediate area, close enough to respond within fifteen minutes to the beating of the drum in the barbican. The bullywugs already believe themselves to be lords of the mere, and they act like it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
found here are displayed on deteriorating tables, counters, and racks.
As soon as one or more characters set foot in the armory, two suits of armor come to life as ashen suits of animated armor, and
the tile can hear the heart beating. As an action, a character in the middle of the room can try to lift the stone tile, doing so with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. The check is made
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
with a clatter that warns the armorer and the smith of trouble. The giants immediately shout and come out fighting. Also in the room, near the forge and bellows in the southwest corner, are five
of mind shielding has appeared on the altar. Any other character who undergoes the ordeal and succeeds on the saving throw is rewarded with a 1,000 gp gem that appears on the altar. 18. Buried Vestry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
flying predators such as manticores and wyverns. Second, the giants believe they deserve to be rewarded for their forbearance; no one could stop them from simply taking what they want, but instead of
’ exacting standards in such matters are richly rewarded for their skill. Every thief has a story about the treasure that was too rich to haul away. You think you’ve seen magnificence? The halls of the pashas
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
griffons circle above you, shrieking at your approach. They descend until they’re a few hundred feet away but come no closer.
At the end of the entranceway is a ten-foot-tall barricade made of wood and
clouds. Sitting on the edge of this opening is a goliath who is talking gently to a griffon youngling that leans against her.
“Come no closer,” warns the goliath. “This youngling is afraid to fly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
characters come across before finding the bauble that leads to Kwalish. If playing a shorter version of the adventure, you might have only one crystal bauble (see below) found among the city’s glass baubles
window. In another area, five clear canisters hold what appear to be still-beating hearts. Across the room, a mind flayer appears trapped inside a glass tank.
All of the active equipment in the lab
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
worth buying. Day in and day out, they wade through the ward’s dreary miasma to trade shifts at workshops that never stop. The Lower Ward is the beating heart of Sigil—an engine of creation that refines
publicly prove their falsity and lessen their influence. In heavily guarded vaults beneath the temple, Defiers house a staggering arsenal of magic items, weapons, and armor, ready to use if they come into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Pirates versus zombies
6 River barge crossing
7–8 The Maverick
Just Cut to the End If the players are particularly clever, they might come up with novel ways to shortcut the search for
Hand) check. On a failed check, the captain and crew members spot and prevent the theft, and each character takes 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage from the beating they endure as they escape through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
into the room (see “Development” below). Goblins in nearby caves normally ignore the sounds of growling wolves, but if the characters fight the wolves, 1d4 goblins come to investigate in 2 rounds. A
Hallwinter is being held prisoner in this chamber. He is bound on the southern ledge of the cavern. The goblins have been beating and tormenting him, so he is weak and has 1 hit point. One of the goblin