Search Results
All Results
Characters
Compendium
Spells
Items
Monsters
Vehicles
Forums
Returning 35 results for 'before back defusing crashed resound'.
Other Suggestions:
before back dousing crashes round
before back defusing crafted respond
before back defusing crafted resound
before back defusing crafted round
before back defusing crashes round
Half-Elf
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
Basic Rules (2014)
Flint squinted into the setting sun. He thought he saw the figure of a man striding up the path. Standing, Flint drew back into the shadow of a tall pine to see better. The man’s walk was
.
EXCELLENT AMBASSADORS
Many half-elves learn at an early age to get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Starting the Adventure The Rise of Tiamat begins in Waterdeep. If you played Hoard of the Dragon Queen, the characters might have already made their way back to the City of Splendors after Skyreach
Castle crashed at the end of that first adventure. If you didn’t play Hoard of the Dragon Queen, if Skyreach Castle wasn’t crashed, or if the characters went somewhere other than Waterdeep afterward
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Starting the Adventure The Rise of Tiamat begins in Waterdeep. If you played Hoard of the Dragon Queen, the characters might have already made their way back to the City of Splendors after Skyreach
Castle crashed at the end of that first adventure. If you didn’t play Hoard of the Dragon Queen, if Skyreach Castle wasn’t crashed, or if the characters went somewhere other than Waterdeep afterward
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
hunters and traveling merchants. These forays are inspired not only by the raiders’ greed but also by their sinister habit of dragging their victims’ corpses back to the outpost to conscript them as
zombie guards and workers. When the star fell, it crashed into this outpost. The impact collapsed several tunnels, cutting the derro off from both the surface and the Underdark below. The collapse also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. After descending to ground level, they witness a balloon crash and encounter a band of singing brigands. Characters who search for the crashed balloon find it hanging from the top of a leaning tower
Hither to Thither and back to Hither. Clapperclaw is encountered in area D5, but you can move the scarecrow elsewhere if the characters don’t visit that location.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
run away, Gahg checks on Duhg to make sure he is unharmed, allowing the party a head start back to Good Mead. If the characters run back into the verbeeg lair and try to hide, Gahg searches for them
jettisoned from the cargo hold of an illithid nautiloid before the spaceship crashed (see "Id Ascendant"). Gahg witnessed the crash, which looked like a comet streaking across the sky, then found the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
manipulate the fallen clock tower back to its standing position. This seals off her plateau defensively, denying it to the hags in case she falls. (If she survives, the unicorn remains able to teleport
her time. Who’s Who
In D&D canon, Lum the Mad discovered an artifact of unknown origin (reimagined in this adventure as technology from a crashed planar craft) and used it to conquer large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
moved on long ago but left behind a statue of a forgotten healer. Cloaker. Two pale cloakers that can speak Common and Elvish cling to the statue’s back, disguising themselves as leathery wings. When
the entrance to the Crystal Caves while avoiding the toxic vapor. A5: Crashed Airship A crashed airship rests precariously atop the tepui. Those who ascend an additional 30 feet up the mountainside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Further, she has cast a terrible spell over Icewind Dale, to the detriment of most of its denizens. Each night before midnight, Auril takes to the sky on the back of a white roc and weaves her spell, which
ago, this floating city crashed during the fall of the empire, and no one has found or explored it since. It is, arguably, Icewind Dale’s greatest secret—a necropolis of Netherese wizards and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Nautiloid Down Seven days ago, spacefaring mind flayers hoping to capture some interesting species for study crashed their ship—a nautiloid called the Id Ascendant—while trying to fly it through a
death. If the shutdown occurs before they acquire a psi crystal, the gnome ceremorphs’ back-up plan is to activate the nautiloid’s self-destruct system (see area N7) before abandoning ship and making
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
arrows in the back. He remained astride his mount despite his wounds, but Varyas expired moments before his horse crashed in front of the characters. His pursuers don’t know that, though. These
Returned, someone who has died and come back from the Underworld. A character who removes the victim’s mask finds no face beneath it—only blank gray flesh over a black-lipped mouth—and dozens of lines of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
crashed into the jungle canopy. As shown in map 2.13, the wooden gondola broke into three pieces, which now hang precariously in the treetops at three different heights. The deflated balloon is tangled
climbing speed, they can move anywhere on the map as easily as on the ship. The NPCs fight back, but they aren’t very effective given their exhaustion. The girallon zombies aren’t above grabbing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
manacles on their wrists and ankles (see area 8 for details). They’ve been stripped of their armor and weapons unless noted otherwise. All seek to escape the temple and make their way back to their homes
Turami human scout) is a former crew member of the Star Goddess (see chapter 2). She leapt from a porthole as the ship crashed, and the yuan-ti captured her in the jungle. Oloma carries a concealed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Barrier Peaks. His studies of an ancient, crashed planar craft set him on a path that might have seen him rival Ioun and Heward — until his experiments overtook him, and he became lost to the ages
first laboratory, building planar gates of his own design. Testing one such gate as it forged a connection to the Nine Hells attracted the attention of a bone devil. Trailing Kwalish back across the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
dragged them back to their caves in the mountains to be eaten. Spellix, whom the goblins overlooked, followed them and devised a cunning plan to free his companions. Using materials scavenged from the
jettisoned from an illithid nautiloid soon before it crashed in the mountains to the east, as described in “Id Ascendant”), Chief Yarb-Gnock thinks the crate might hold something wondrous, and getting it open has become his new obsession.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
malfunctioned when the ship crashed, and now teleportation magic used within the wreck is warped. Instead of teleporting creatures, the magic instead spawns a portal that leads somewhere else in the
, Ilren claims to come from a similar background: the giff is an adventurer with heroic dreams who became stranded on this wreck when his skiff crashed into Havock. Ilren claims that nothing of his skiff
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
-feathered ravens tear into the flesh of the desolate creature caged within. Underneath the bridge is a worg with a rider on its back. The rider, swathed in cold weather clothing, appears to be a rather fat
. The goblin riding the worg is Snubsuk, the courtyard warden. His job is to lock and unlock the main gate at area K2. The worg charges toward intruders, causing Snubsuk to tumble off the worg’s back and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
sigils at the bottom of the Sea of Moving Ice and brought it back to Ythryn for study in the fall of −343 DR, the Year of Chilled Marrow. During one of their experiments, something went wrong—a flash of
magic or simply unable to control it.
Without great magic to keep them aloft, the remaining flying cities of Netheril crashed to the ground, and many arcanists who survived were driven mad. Once magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
rating of 10 (5,900 XP). It is blinded and deafened, giving it disadvantage on all its attack rolls, and it can’t use its Poison Breath. The golem was decapitated when Ythryn crashed into the Reghed
create the robe, spin any illusory design or effect into the garment. On completion, they drape the robe over the creature’s shoulders and ascend back to their lair. Each guest can gain this benefit only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
needed to be stopped, and they are happy if the castle crashed. However, some members of the Lords’ Alliance think it unconscionable that such a resource would be destroyed, intentionally or otherwise
, the Harpers would have preferred the eggs to be kept for ransoming back to their parents, potentially keeping those dragons from cooperating with the cult. Dagult would have sold the valuable eggs to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
characters use the “Rime of the Frostmaiden” to cut a path to the dungeon. Reading the poem creates an opening in the ice wall that’s 100 feet high, 30 feet wide, and 20 feet deep. A tunnel at the back
return or until hunger forces them to abandon their post. H2. Crashed Skycoach You come to a thirty-foot-high cavern. In its center, the remains of a wooden ship hull rest on the floor.
If Professor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Castle needed to be stopped, and they are happy if the castle was crashed. However, some members of the Lords’ Alliance think it unconscionable that such a resource would be destroyed, intentionally or
. However, the Harpers would have preferred the eggs to be kept for ransoming back to their parents, potentially keeping those dragons from cooperating with the cult. Dagult would have sold the valuable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
know why the city crashed, but she believes that the broken obelisk (see area Y21) can turn back time to repair the damage. To activate its magic, Veneranda says she needs Iriolarthas’s staff of power
chamber discover an unfinished letter that details the acquisition of an artifact dating back to the empire of Ostoria. This rune-carved stone spindle is described as having an unknown purpose. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
long distances. But that’s what fills Sechepol’s wagon. He will make his money on the road, selling his stock to his fellow travelers in the caravan. He is diplomatic and has a gift for defusing
endlessly. Radecere Perethun (Male Rock Gnome Traveler). No one knows where Perethun is ultimately headed or why. He eats alone, seldom speaks, and always rides in the back of the wagon, staring wistfully
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
distances. But that’s what fills Sechepol’s wagon. He will make his money on the road, selling his stock to his fellow travelers in the caravan. He is diplomatic and has a gift for defusing arguments
. Radecere Perethun (Male Rock Gnome Traveler). No one knows where Perethun is ultimately headed or why. He eats alone, seldom speaks, and always rides in the back of the wagon, staring wistfully at
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
known today. However, its true origins derive from a planar craft that crashed in the Barrier Peaks, for the Infernal Machine once functioned as this craft’s central command console.
Explorers who
discovered the crash site removed the command console and brought it back to civilization, not understanding its true purpose or powers. In later years, the console came into the possession of Baron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
successfully completed the “Icingdeath and Twinkle” quest). After this time, allied reinforcements rally to secure the palisade in this section and drive back the undead. The party holds the line
. Go to Event 4: “Back to the Mud.” Event 3. Against the Lightning The characters arrive at the north gate to find it besieged by the anchorites of Talos. Read the following boxed text aloud: The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the obelisk’s base to its middle.
Before Ythryn crashed, Iriolarthas relied on this obelisk as a precautionary measure in case Ythryn experienced a catastrophe. It was one of a few rare Netherese
a grand scale, sending a region or an entire world back to an earlier time (effectively erasing part of history). The obelisks were constructed to counteract the effects of calamitous spells and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
pulley system. The bucket can hold one Medium creature or two Small creatures at a time. It runs from here to area M7, 15 feet farther down, and back again. It takes 1 minute for the bucket to be lowered
opportunity to attack a lone party member presents itself, the grell swoops in and tries to paralyze its prey, then hauls its catch back here to be devoured. After it feeds, it drops the remains of its victim
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
as well as) the stirges, the kobolds fight back. Otherwise, the kobolds hang back, trying to stay out of the way until the fight is over. Once the stirges have been defeated, if the kobolds survive
pair stands on the southwest side. If the moonstone key is inserted in one of these statues, the western pair creates a bridge back to the overlook (area D1), and the southwestern pair creates a bridge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
and Trouble”) recognize the young man as Dzaan—back from the dead, or so it seems. The simulacrum, on the other hand, has never met the characters before. To earn their trust, it tries to be honest and
creator. This tower is but a fragment of a Netherese flying city that crashed nearly two thousand years ago and lies somewhere under the glacier.
“On the lowest level of this inverted tower, my
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
port. Three years ago the mission launched, but the Marshal never made it to the first stop. Harpies serenaded the travelers, luring the vessel shoreward until it crashed into the rocks near Saltmarsh
. The skeletons are the remains of the missionaries that overcame the allure of the harpies’ song and tried to convince the others to put the Marshal back on course. Their pleas failed, and these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
across the skies of the Northern Wastes, the monolith broke from its foundations, toppling toward the ground far from where the rest of the city eventually crashed. As the structure fell, Wakenreth’s
in the Shadowfell, and they can see the door behind them shining like a beacon of light. Characters can freely pass back and forth through the portal between area E4 and E5, and they can speak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
15 Strength (Athletics) check. At the back of the dock, giant-sized steps climb to the top of the 50-foot-high cliffs. A 20-foot-wide path made from bricks of ice leads from the dock to the fortress of
are full of loot waiting to be claimed. The last ship to visit the island crashed off the coast of the island’s northwest arm. One survivor managed to pull herself out of the frigid water and climb to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
looking back at me.” Any magic that ends a curse can rid the character of this flaw. Wizards’ Chairs. Any character who succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognizes that the symbols on the
, since she is a necromancer.) If one or more party members take their proper seats here, the star field transforms into a glowing door that persists for 1 minute before transforming back into its