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Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
stables turned into slaughterhouses are typical first signs of a nosferatu’s predation. When the sun interrupts their hunts, nosferatu retreat to favored ruins, sewers, or caves, caring nothing for
momentarily be convinced to converse with other creatures. However, those who talk with nosferatu typically find them selfish, duplicitous creatures whose memories are faded and whose basic respect for life is long dead.Necrotic
Half-Elf
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
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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
-Elf Variants
Some half-elves in Faerûn have a racial trait in place of the Skill Versatility trait. If your DM allows it, your half-elf character can forgo Skill Versatility and instead take the elf trait Keen Senses or a trait based on your elf parentage:
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
with that of snakes, producing a caste-based society of hybrids in which the most snakelike are the leaders and the most humanlike are spies and agents in foreign lands.
Humans Transformed
The
caste system based on how complete a person’s transformation was. The vast majority of yuan-ti fall into three categories — abominations, malisons, and purebloods — while the mutated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
archmages Mordenkainen and a version of Tasha from Oerth, though Alustriel and Tasha don’t yet know that Mordenkainen is Kas the Destroyer in disguise. These Wizards Three retreat to a sanctum Alustriel
keeps in Sigil. Using their combined magic, the archmages weave a Wish spell in hopes of sabotaging Vecna’s accumulated power and defusing his ritual. Instead of any expected effect, the Wish spell shunts
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
conception of the Izzet League is based on mad inventions, dangerous experiments, and explosive blasts. Much of that perception is accurate, but the league is also involved with mundane tasks of
to finding a solution to a scientific problem.
2
I’ll never forget the laboratory where I learned my skills, or the other attendants who learned alongside me.
3
I’m convinced
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
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Simic Guild Spells
Spell Level
Spells
Cantrip
acid splash, druidcraft
1st
detect poison and disease, expeditious retreat, jump
2nd
alter self, enhance
attached to.
Personality Traits
d8
Personality Trait
1
I can’t wait to see what I become next!
2
I am convinced that everything inclines toward constant improvement
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
Adjusting Encounters This adventure contains advice for adjusting encounters based on the number of characters in the party. You are empowered to modify the number of enemies in an encounter and
their hit point totals as you see fit. If you need to adjust the difficulty of an encounter during combat, you can alter hit point totals without the player characters ever knowing and have enemies retreat or reinforcements arrive as needed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Plan of Attack
Dragon Cultist
This encounter should challenge the adventurers in every way. The characters should be no easy match for the attacking force, such that retreat and escape might be
their best option if they hope to survive. However, if the characters haven’t made escape plans ahead of time, the attackers will have taken steps to make retreat impossible. The specifics are up to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Plan of Attack This encounter should challenge the adventurers in every way. The characters should be no easy match for the attacking force, such that retreat and escape might be their best option if
they hope to survive. However, if the characters haven’t made escape plans ahead of time, the attackers will have taken steps to make retreat impossible. The specifics are up to you, but should be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Adjusting Encounters This adventure contains advice for adjusting encounters based on the number of characters in the party. You are empowered to modify the number of enemies in an encounter and
retreat or reinforcements arrive as needed. MAP OF THE SWORD COAST
The DM’s Sword Coast map shows a region of the Forgotten Realms called the Sword Coast.This map is for the DM’s eyes only, as it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
Adjusting Encounters This adventure contains advice for adjusting encounters based on the number of characters in the party. You are empowered to modify the number of enemies in an encounter and
retreat or reinforcements arrive as needed. MAP OF THE SWORD COAST
The DM’s Sword Coast map shows a region of the Forgotten Realms called the Sword Coast. This map is for the DM’s eyes only, as it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
could learn anything more. They haven’t returned. Just before the observatory collapsed, Tonalli’s research into the tower’s writings and signs in the surrounding lands convinced him that the cause
awaking at once—which in turn increases the activity of their volcanoes. Based on his observations, Tonalli believes there’s already an awakened tlexolotl near where the volcanic disturbances began
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
, and potentially pitting them against each other. The minotaurs aren’t aggressive, and their camp can serve as a home base for characters who approach them peacefully. A githyanki delegation based in a
infesting the ruins of Gardmore Abbey won’t pursue characters who retreat from the hill to tend their wounds. Characters have the opportunity to return another day, with a new plan to defeat Mekkalath and obtain the deck. Mike Schley Map 16.1: Ruins of Gardmore Abbey View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. This pious or artistic soul has been convinced by a charming peer (the Caller in disguise) to attend a retreat that is secretly a meeting of the priests of Osybus. An old friend reappears in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Erebos seeks to uphold is a brutal one, based on the tragic fact that every life ends in death. Followers of Erebos might become villains when they follow their god’s orders, sowing despair among the
priest of Erebos terrorizes a village, convinced that a particular Returned has taken refuge there.
Erebos’s Monsters Erebos has legions of fallen monsters, heroes, and villains that he can send back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
among its most popular scenes, describing how Diancastra convinced her father to imbue her with divinity even though her mother was a mortal giant. The story is unusual among the sagas of the giants
her brothers “boorish and bumbling.” Notably, Annam does not refute her on that point.) Annam’s disappointment in his sons caused him to retreat to a hidden realm within the Outlands, far removed from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. Refrum is convinced that a young man named Jarme Loveage was wrongfully executed for the killings attributed to the Lantern Ghost. As proof, he points to the fact that another murder has occurred
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Alternatively, you could set the Styes up as a small, stand-alone port town. This approach has the advantage of limiting characters to the Styes’ squalid confines. They can’t retreat to a nicer part of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
and stables turned into slaughterhouses are typical first signs of a nosferatu’s predation. When the sun interrupts their hunts, nosferatu retreat to favored ruins, sewers, or caves, caring nothing for
momentarily be convinced to converse with other creatures. However, those who talk with nosferatu typically find them selfish, duplicitous creatures whose memories are faded and whose basic respect for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
versatility both in and out of combat. If you hail from a particularly profitable monastery, you won’t need to be convinced of the benefits of a well-run business — you’ll already be on board
House of Hot Ki (delicious barbecue take-out)
7 Sage’s Retreat (custom research services)
8 Monastery of the Wayward Grape (vintners of fine wines)
9 Spider’s House Retreat (drow trainers of giant spiders as mounts and companions)
10 Hall of Mysteries (investigators for hire)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
that memory has already been unlocked (see the Lulu’s Memories table). Both Ravengard and the hollyphant are convinced that the Sword of Zariel is the key to saving Elturel. Any character who dons
remembers meeting a pair of “bird folk” named Chukka and Clonk. Based on descriptions furnished by Lulu and Ravengard, the characters can conclude that Chukka and Clonk are kenku. Lulu remembers that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. The party should meet Tekeli-li several times. The vampire’s strategy is to drain the party’s resources, then retreat and recover before attacking again. If Tekeli-li ever takes more than 20 damage
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5 Area H32. Tekeli-li lurks here in its gnoll form and attacks the characters as soon as they enter. Its keen smell cancels out the sight-based disadvantage imposed by this location.
6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
in it for themselves. He demands his students learn how to use language-based magic to “get what they deserve.” While he often argues with Dean Talonrook, he holds a deep (if begrudging) respect for
’ lives if she didn’t comply. Within an hour, she convinced him to free her, abandon his wicked ways, and seek wisdom from the archaics. Nils, Discipline Enforcer Nils (lawful neutral human Silverquill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
(s) player characters occupy, summarizing results from the other zones based on how you’d like the narrative to work. This method increases speed of play and lowers complexity. You can concentrate
are within range, they throw javelins at any visible targets. The next round, they charge to close the distance and attack with melee weapons. After two or three rounds, the orcs retreat. The orcs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
commanding their underlings to cover their retreat. Defense of Triboar After receiving reports of orcs attacking ranches to the southeast, Lord Protector Darathra Shendrel sends the Twelve to
and settlements. If the fire giants are forced to leave without the Vonindod fragment, they retreat to the Surbrin Hills and roust four hill giants, returning to Triboar 2d4 + 2 days after their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
giant bodyguards, and her two winter wolves, the remaining frost giants abandon their assault on Bryn Shander and retreat westward, toward the Sea of Moving Ice, where a giant longship waits to transport
has either the Ring of Winter or knowledge of its exact whereabouts, so characters will probably have to kill her. Once the characters defeat the frost giants, they gain special quests and rewards based on which NPCs survived the battle.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
can’t be convinced otherwise. The Abbot shares his beliefs openly, claiming that his decisions are based on the Morninglord’s guidance. He will give visitors a tour of the abbey if they seem friendly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
playtest, the giants who survived the first foray by the (exceptionally strong and well-played) party set several ambushes, each surprise being timed to allow them to retreat quickly behind a turn in a
ruthlessness, their opponents fought with reckless abandon and self-sacrifice. How you manage this conflict in your game must be based on knowledge that only you can have. The upshot of this whole series
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
return to Barovia through some kind of ancient portal. (This is a deduction on Eravien’s part, based on the werewolf prisoner’s vague description of how the pack gets to and from Barovia.) Eravien believes
that he can gain prestige within the Lords’ Alliance if he learns the whereabouts of the “ancient portal” that the werewolves are using and destroys it. He is convinced that the portal represents a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
: Marthungrim’s Home View Player Version Three encephalon gemmules (see appendix A) linger amid the rubble of the collapsed stairs. If attacked from above, they retreat into the surrounding rooms. Marthungrim’s
the source of the glow. Tentacles occasionally slither from Daisy’s body, flail about, and retreat into her skin without leaving a mark. Daisy’s Consumption. Before the characters can head to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
bandits of various ethnicities) are mounted on seven riding horses. Known as the Seven Snakes, Xolkin’s band does “dirty work” for the Snail, a Zhent leader based in Daggerford (see the “Daggerford
. Because the orcs don’t know what they’re up against, characters can try to hide in the village and pick off a few orcs at a time. They can also retreat to the keep, which the orcs ignore. If the orcs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
crop fields (area 7). At night, the workers are locked in their cages, and the yakfolk retire to huts (areas 5A–area 5F). Use the suitable Yakfolk Village Roster table (day or night) based on when
released, the orcs attack intruders. 25 30 goblins The goblins retreat to area 31 if they spot intruders. 26B Cinderhild (young fire giant), 2 hobgoblins Cinderhild and the hobgoblins remain here. 28
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
party earns during their incursion. If the group caused particular damage to the sahuagin fortress on their first visit, feel free to grant them a discretionary 5 to 15 victory points based on the
Ultimately, the assault ends with one of three possibilities. If the PCs retreat, they meet Saltmarsh’s human attackers as they launch their offensive. The attack force thanks the characters for their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
to let the players know that the creature looks like it can take a lot more punishment. That information alone might encourage the players to consider a change of plan, such as a tactical retreat
owners of the Witchlight Carnival) as a flamboyant figure, but you get to decide what his voice sounds like and how he reacts to a given situation, based on what the adventure says about him. You can also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
troops to battle. No stranger to the horrors of war, she is keenly aware that the lands represented by the Lords’ Alliance need their soldiers for the protection of their own people. Only when convinced
their own pursuits, Melandrach is more circumspect. He has led the elves of the Misty Forest since before most of their kind abandoned their lands in the Retreat. Despite the years of discussion and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
troops to battle. No stranger to the horrors of war, she is keenly aware that the lands represented by the Lords’ Alliance need their soldiers for the protection of their own people. Only when convinced
their own pursuits, Melandrach is more circumspect. He has led the elves of the Misty Forest since before most of their kind abandoned their lands in the Retreat. Despite the years of discussion and