before beat diffusing couriers return

Summoned by Bruenor

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

Summoned by Bruenor King Bruenor has learned of the characters’ exploits from dwarf merchants and couriers recently returned from the Underdark. (If Eldeth Feldrun was part of the adventurers

best suits the story, depending on where they go and what they are doing following their return to the surface world. It can be in the form of a messenger carrying a handwritten letter bearing the

House Dimir

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

floated effortlessly down from the upper reaches of the chamber, and alighted on the chamber floor near the two of them. — Doug Beyer, Return to Ravnica: The Secretist House Dimir is Ravnica’s dark

couriers, information brokers, and librarians. But Szadek also used his guild’s expertise at gathering information to build a vast spy network, and before long, the secret operations of the guild

2. All Work, No Play

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->One-Shot Wonders: Holiday Adventure Pack

Mr Melville’s ads. Mr Meville was brought in to boost the factory’s output of toys (and profits) before Winterfest. Freylie wants to stay close to home in case her family return, and to prepare a

Winterfest meal. When Toma went to the factory to speak to his parents, he also fell under the spell of the drums. If a worker receives damage, they get a chance to resist the charming beat of the [Tooltip

Audience with Sir Tristan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things

. They must protect the castle (and they know they’re not strong enough to beat the monster). He asks the characters to hunt down and kill the thessalhydra, then return with its heads. (Tristan wants

The Hunt for Food

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

have taken to the hills. They crave the return of their husbands, but they are neither strong enough nor shrewd enough to unseat Guh. They might be convinced to help adventurers overthrow her if it means

they get to beat their husbands into submission once more. See the “Old Tower” section in chapter 3 for an example of a female hill giant outcast.

Droaam

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

of the Graywall Mountains must leave their homes and return to the eastern lands, or else forfeit their claim to the king’s protection. In the face of a few withered hags and a ragtag “army” of filthy

continent’s cities. Gargoyle couriers are in high demand. Though monstrous workers of these sorts are still rare in many nations, their numbers are growing. Conversely, a visit to Droaam gives adventurers a

Reaching the Bottom

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

notorious captain, Agdon Longscarf, whom the characters might encounter later in the chapter. The harengons’ song is as follows: With sticks and stones, we’ll break your nose; We’ll beat you blind and steal

singing with a wave of her hand. She introduces herself as Jebbek, and she says to the characters, “This is a robbery. If you resist, we’ll beat you black and blue.” Jebbek has no interest in treasure

11. Midna's Lair

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

death, her unseen servants persisted, waiting for her to return. Midna Tauberth, one of the Fine Fellows of Daggerford, recently intruded upon this hall and is using it as a rest area. 11a. Hall of

with others. She advises characters to leave or face the wrath of her invisible servants. If they don’t leave at once, she orders the servants to beat them senseless. If the servants seem to be losing

The Harpers

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

contest. Zelraun’s experience gives him a +9 modifier to his Intelligence checks. Zelraun loans the shield guardian and its control amulet to the first character to beat him at the game. If Zelraun proves

their return from the Underdark. If a character obtains Zelraun’s shield guardian and control amulet, photocopy the Shield Guardian stat card at the end of this chapter and give it to the player whose

Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Attentive Overseer. A guild representative takes personal interest in your group’s tasks. They follow your exploits and know of your adventures before you return to report. Despite the unsettling depth of

their knowledge, they seem genuinely eager to shepherd your work. 3 Hidden Benefactor. Whoever your contact is, they don’t communicate directly. They send messages via couriers or letters. No one in

Forge Locations

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

nothing more than to add this “sky-stone” to their collection. The gnomes are brief and direct in their negotiations. In return for the star, kagu-svirfneblin agree to give the characters the contents of

reverberates with the drumlike beat of steam-powered contraptions, whirring metal machines, and hissing pipes. The room also contains a few ordinary anvils, forges, and workbenches. The machines are

Tu'narath

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

into this area for a respite from boredom. Those who don’t return, it can be assumed, found what they were after. Rumors persist of an enormous dungeon that lies beyond the caves, a hidden fortress

ventured into this area in recent years. Supposedly, the Thayans once emerged with a huge adamantine container that rumbled and shook, as if to the beat of a monstrous heart. SURVIVOR COMMUNITIES As

On Board The Maverick

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

time 4 or more The Six operatives arrive first First to the Meeting If the characters beat the Six operatives here, the only person in the room is a businesslike lizardfolk wearing a collar

to the characters if they save him, or they can loot it if things go the other way. Getting Away When the fight is done, the characters can exit through the portal, return to the portal nexus, and

Spaceship Locations, Level 2

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

, the computer might deploy one or more robots from a station to aid them. After the encounter, the robots return to their alcoves. S33: Cargo Holds (Violet) These four cargo holds are filled with crates

the characters. The robots gleefully accept any order, disappear to the kitchen, and quickly return with trays of decaying mush coated in nauseating blue-green mold. A character who ingests the food

Tresendar Manor Dungeon

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

called ghoul gut. No antacid in this world or any other can beat it. Ghoul Gut. Water polluted with ghoul parts carries ghoul gut. A creature drinking this tainted water must succeed on a DC 12

half-elves return to Phandalin at a later date to give the party rare herbs worth 100 gp. Franchise Opportunity. If rescued and treated well, the Splintfig sisters might become franchise business

Lair Locations

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

remain in the roost are Indifferent and fight only if the characters make a lot of noise nearby or ascend to the wyverns’ roost. If the characters get in a fight here, the hunting wyverns return to

weighs 150 pounds and has an additional 50 pounds of ice inside it. If the mephit hasn’t touched the box for 1 minute, she is magically compelled to return and touch it as swiftly as she can. The binding

Greater Caverns Locations

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

detail these locations and how creatures transported to them can return to the Lost Caverns. Once a creature has been transported to a location in this way, it can’t be sent to that destination by

spell once, after which the necklace loses its magic. In exchange for helping the centaurs escape the canyon, Shaydun gifts the characters her necklace. If a character uses the necklace to return to the

Ironslag: Lower Level

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

table scraps. If the goblins are attacked, they flee west through the hallway and beat on the doors to area 31 until they are let inside. If the western tunnel is blocked off, they make their stand

outside of his cell.) If Jasper is rescued, he asks to remain with the characters until they return to civilization. He tries to befriend characters who are members of the Black Network, hoping to

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