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Tortle Legacy

Species The Tortle Package

wilderness in which to hunt, catch fish, and get by. With each passing year, a tortle hones its survival skills. It forms friendships with its neighbors while also respecting their privacy. At some

watch a frog croaking on a lily pad, or to stand in a crowded human marketplace. Tortles like to learn new skills. They craft their own tools and weapons, and they are good at building structures and

Skyriders

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

least to give them a good scare. This encounter can occur any time the characters are away from a settlement. A strange, croaking cry from somewhere above catches your attention. You spot a trio of huge

, winged shapes gliding toward you — giant vultures! Each bird carries on its back a warrior in dull blue armor with a dirty white cloak. The attackers include one Feathergale knight and two Howling

Grateful Grippli

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

have no trouble finding a ship that will carry them back to the library. In the meantime, if the characters prevented one or more eggs in the brood pools from being killed, the returning grippli are

at midnight. The grippli, croaking sonorously, surround the characters while they stand in the warm water and Pond Mother pours the contents of a jar into the pool. The liquid swirls, and motes of

Climbing the Spire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

turns his head and addresses them: “Are you here to worship me?” If one or more characters say yes, the giant invites them to sit with him. If no characters say yes, he goes back to staring. Characters

pleased if any characters agree and bids them to spread word of his perfection. Characters who agree to follow the giant—even if they’re insincere—hear faint croaking (that only they can hear

Trading Post

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

softly croaking can be heard as your ship pulls up to the dock, where grippli bearing weapons are waiting to meet its passengers. The central structure of the trading post is a fortified stone and

Jans will transport the characters as far as he can, then drop them off just outside the crab maze that borders the community before turning back south.

Franchise Costs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Downtime” section later in this chapter. The result of this task is used to calculate the final monthly cost, and is deducted from the franchise’s coffers. Defaulting No self-respecting franchise would

come calling. Defaulting on franchise payments can also strain relationships with nobles, merchants, and others who value a franchise more for its assets than for the characters. Such relationships typically turn frosty until the characters are able to prove that the franchise is back on its feet.

Crystal Ball Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn

the demiplane, read or paraphrase the following: You appear in a chamber enclosed by thick walls of thorns. Behind you, the glowing portal back to the woods shimmers. Cold mist coils through the air

croaking noises echo from the area. The characters overhear the following exchange in Common: “I told you givin’ the dog to the king was a stupid idea,” croaks one voice. “I know, I know,” grumbles

The Fetid Gaze

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

appears as a hunched figure with one muscular and one withered arm. She has catlike eyes, and rust-red hair covers her head, back, and arms. Her sharp fangs cause her to slur when she speaks, and she

when I can get away with it.” Ideal. “Strength is the only thing worth respecting.” Bond. “Dwarves burned down my home and killed my daughter long ago, and I will hate all their kind forever.” Flaw. “I

Cottage Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

. Taxidermy Workshop A horse’s head leers at you with glossy eyes, its lips drawn back from pointed yellow teeth. The head is affixed to a large, eight-limbed armature made of wicker and wire, situated

. The crate contains the carcass of a curled-up, eight-legged reptile with spikes running down its back. With a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check, a character can determine that it’s the

Halfling Gods and Myths

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

community practices its own version of Arvoreen’s favored tactics: Scatterstrike. The halflings run in every direction as if in a panic, but then they regroup and circle back to attack with a

hearth. The home is a welcoming place, but it is also sacrosanct. Halflings honor Cyrrollalee by opening their homes to visitors, and by respecting the home of one’s host as if it were one’s own

Torrents Locations

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

creatures to the quippers at times when they and the aboleth are sated. Their ritual is nonsense: gasping, muttering, and croaking with no basis in any known language. The kuo-toa attempt to push

until the ritual is complete. Characters can close the portal only by hurling Drown into it, destroying Drown in the process. If the portal closes while Olhydra remains in the world, she is forced back

Locations A - D

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

throw from the edge of the Mere of Dead Men. Fog drifting off the mere engulfs the roadhouse at night and lingers well into the following afternoon. The sounds of the marsh, from croaking frogs to

roadhouse are strong enough to hold back any threat. Bog Luck employs four stable boys and a cook named Gristle Pete (N male Tethyrian human commoners), though he doesn’t pay them much. The Carnath

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