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Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
often slumbers high in the sky or deep in the ocean, where the tumult caused by the scion’s restless sleep has little effect on the world. If it drifts too near the ground or the ocean surface, it
causes mighty storms or fierce maelstroms. A scion’s slumber is filled with dreams ranging from inspiring visions of Annam’s return to melancholy prophecies of inevitable decline, from
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
successful saves against the poison end it, and ending the poison removes any levels of exhaustion caused by it. Each failed save causes the target to gain another level of exhaustion. Once the target reaches
sibriexes can graft on new body parts to give the demons greater strength, vision, or stamina. Sibriexes never give aid freely, though; they demand a service or a treasure in return for the flesh
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
caused by the scion’s restless sleep has little effect on the world. If it drifts too near the ground or the ocean surface, it causes mighty storms or fierce maelstroms. A scion’s slumber
is filled with dreams ranging from inspiring visions of Annam’s return to melancholy prophecies of inevitable decline, from joyful glimpses of an idyllic past to horrific nightmares of torment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
return to their allies at the sanctum in Sigil. The characters’ return to the sanctum triggers the next part of the story. This chapter’s early scenes include the chaos caused when Kas steals the Rod
the Wizards Three in Sigil asked the characters to return to the sanctum once all the rod pieces were found. If the characters hesitate after retrieving the final rod piece, encourage them to quickly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
nights bitten by a vampyr. For over four hundred years, this creature has drained the life blood of my people. Now, my dear Ireena languishes and dies from an unholy wound caused by this vile beast
the walls of weeping Barovia. Leave our sorrows to our graves, and save the world from this evil fate of ours.
There is much wealth entrapped in this community. Return for your reward after we are all departed for a better life.
Kolyan Indirovich
Burgomaster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Buried Again If Golden Axe is returned to Frody Dartwild, read: Froderic Dartwild plucks the strings of the mandolin and plays a happy tune. Meanwhile, the news of your return spreads through Toadhop
like wildfire. Everyone comes out to greet you, including Honorary Mayor Jenna Bean, who snorts contentedly. Frody apologizes to everyone for the trouble he has caused and says he looks forward to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
weapon after an incredible feat caused it to shatter.
6 A god’s weapon has gained sentience (see “Sentient Magic Items” in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Determine whether to use it, return it to its creator, or help it grow into its own being.
from a divine champion who needed it but refuses to return it.
4 Destroy a god’s weapon and channel the energy released to create a new magic item or work a miracle.
5 Reforge a god’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
1d4 bludgeoning damage. Development When the purple worm that caused the bats to swarm exits the nursery, the bats return to this cave to roost 10 minutes later.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
The Heirs and the War The Last War caused the Heirs of Dhakaan to finally stir and emerge from their deep vaults. They recognize that humanity has been weakened by its self-inflicted wounds. The rise
the races of the Five Nations could not be trusted with ruling Khorvaire. It was time for the Dhakaani to return and subjugate the other races to their firm hand once again. The Heirs of Dhakaan are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to reform. The hobgoblin has proven to be stubbornly, irredeemably evil, but their lengthy telepathic contact has caused Doomcrown to exhibit odd traits, including a subconscious need to recreate the
flumph’s home — the Underdark — out of building blocks. The flumph knows that its longing to return home is affecting the hobgoblin’s behavior, but it relies on Doomcrown for protection. If the two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Planar Glitch The characters’ incarnations are just one manifestation of the planar instability caused by the inaccurate beliefs of modrons lost in the Outlands (see chapter 15). At any point during
situation. 3 The characters reach a gate-town and find the last gate-town they visited in its place. To the inhabitants, everything is normal. After 1d4 days, the gate-towns return to their original
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
most from the giants’ depredations. The first inkling of trouble was a sudden drop in the river’s water level, caused by the dam-like structure of the hill giant den. Not long thereafter, Guh’s
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
worshipers of Dendar are led by nightmare speakers, malison warlocks that honor their deity through acts of terror and receive magical power in return. Rather than killing enemies, these followers of
went into hiding in ages past. It is unclear if declining worship caused him to fall asleep, or if his prolonged torpor caused his worshipers to abandon him. Even in his compromised state, Merrshaulk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
mortal lives, the collective force of mortal belief can reshape the gods’ very nature. As a campaign villain, Karametra might seek to return to her blood-soaked origins, sending her champions to
one seems to know what has caused the god of fertility to withdraw her blessings from the world, but the problem must be solved if life is to endure.
2 Karametra judges that mortals have over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
heading out into the bog to recover some lost supplies and return them to dry land.”
Once he finishes his welcome, the instructor pairs each character with a student. He gives each pair of students a
caused the supply run to go awry. If the characters inquire how the crates came to be lost, Minexes guesses that the ruin grinders used to haul the supplies malfunctioned. If the characters are amenable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
relentless storm) displaces both giants and smaller folk from their homes; only later do adventurers discover giants caused the disaster. 4 A mighty army led by giants launches an invasion of its
prophecy that means they will bring about the return of Annam—and either the downfall or the resurgence of the giants. Thousands and thousands of years we have walked these many worlds. Are we not too old and too wise for ancient grudges?
—Diancastra
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Background Centuries ago, a family living in a remote water mill endured a string of unfortunate events. A malevolent spirit called Shemshime attached itself to the family and caused the “accidents
Rhyme. By doing so, he inadvertently created a conduit through which Shemshime could return. Yowen Pilt procured the book from an adventurer who discovered it among the debris of a shipwreck. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, one of Candlekeep’s sages and the foremost expert on Xanthoria—both the book and its mysterious author: Your guide does not return. Instead, you are greeted by a robed wood elf with brown hair and a
undead incursion that prompted her initial research. Zelyth doesn’t know what caused Xanthoria’s slide into corruption. If questioned about the saprophytic plague, Zelyth muses that the book’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
visions that guide you. 6 Your sworn enemy is an ally of your people, forcing you to leave your tribe to gain vengeance. 7 An evil entity corrupted your people’s society. 8 An injury or strange event caused you to lose all memory of your past, but occasional flashes of it return to you.
tiefling wizard’s familiar, transformed by an irate archmage in return for some petty insult. The hobgoblin paladin might have been human once, but crossed the wrong hag and was cursed to take on an evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
with them to no avail. Aunt Dellie shouts for the characters not to kill the farmers, noting that they’re not behaving like themselves. Memories of Death When the last farmer is defeated, locals return
to tend to the wounded. The farmers are known to many in the crowd, prompting confusion over their strange appearance and what caused them to attack. Talk of curses begins to spread. Investigating the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Sparkrender’s Ritual If the characters leave the observatory without defeating Sparkrender, they might return to find the blue wyrmling’s ritual underway. This is most likely to happen if the
characters leave and take a long rest before confronting Sparkrender, or if they flee from combat with Sparkrender and return after they’ve rested. Another possibility is that the characters drive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. Only drow can be turned into driders, and the power to create these creatures resides with Lolth alone. Scarred for Life. When driders return to the Material Plane, they disappear into the Underdark to
has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Web Walker. The drider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.
Actions
Multiattack. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
. Help me become empress, and I will undo the damage Xeleth has already caused your world.”
Xedalli is determined to help the characters, though she admits her motive has more to do with vengeance
Emperor Xavan ascends to godhood, after which the fortress will return to the Astral Sea. (True) Xedalli conceals one important fact from the characters: one doesn’t need to be a member of the imperial family to destroy Xaryxis, if one has a ring of shooting stars like the one Xedalli wears.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
.” If a hag is forced to resort to such measures, she immediately begins to plot her retaliation against those that caused her to flee. Like a vampire or a demon, a hag has a long life over which to
exact her vengeance, and no dish of revenge is sweeter than one served cold and to the next three generations of her enemy’s family. Hags hate to be in debt to someone who’s done them a favor spontaneously, outside of any bargain, and so will return favors unexpectedly to such folk.
— Elminster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
furrows her brow and asks, “You would lay down your soul for these people? People whose cowardice and weakness have caused you nothing but grief?” A character offering to sacrifice their soul can take
can free the city from its chains and return it to the Material Plane. Relinquishing the Sword If the characters try to bargain for Elturel’s release without the Sword of Zariel, Zariel considers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Missing Modrons When the characters meet with R04M again, the monodrone assesses that they can now do what it couldn’t: correct the multiversal disruption that affected the party and caused other
escape into Sigil. This portal’s location is up to you. Use this opportunity to return to a favorite site in the adventure or to help characters acclimate to their new powers. The R04M’s Portal table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Townmaster’s Plight Domenico Cava Terrified and angry, the townspeople demand that Townmaster
Harbin Wester take action to stop the recent crimes When the characters return to Phandalin following
characters have been away, a series of crimes has plagued the town. From eyewitness accounts, the culprits are likely goblins. The crimes have caused unrest among the townsfolk, who demand that Harbin take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
up being slightly “off” in some way: the ale often caused a headache, and the mead shimmered with an oil-slick iridescence. Wheel-of-Fortune doesn’t know how this keeps happening and is embarrassed by
their ineptitude, believing they’re cursed. (Unbeknownst to them, close proximity to the obelisk shard in the counter caused the ill effects.) Wheel-of-Fortune wasn’t present when the goblins raided
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
kindly. If the characters agree to help him undo the hags’ curse, Glitter assures them they will gain a powerful ally in Waterdeep, as well as receive 500 gp in gems as soon as he can return to the city
magic of the bathhouse, he bargained with the hags to restore his youth. But when second thoughts caused him to renounce the bargain, the hags’ curse aged him well into his venerable years, and he is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Interloper Gods Annam’s withdrawal has caused ongoing upheaval in the religious lives of giants across the Material Plane. Most believe Annam turned from his descendants in anger or disappointment
, and many hope he can be convinced to return to his divine throne if the giants restore their ancient glory. But some giants believe that Annam is dead, that he is petulant and unworthy of worship, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the damage being caused by the heroes. Assassins try to stop the characters’ interference, but the cultists misjudge the strength needed to complete the job. Stage 2 Second Council of Waterdeep. The
. Tiamat’s Return. At the Well of Dragons, a battle unfolds that will decide the fate of Faerûn. The factions of the Sword Coast fight alongside new and unexpected allies, facing off against the assembled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
that caused the block to fall, and the trap no longer poses any danger.) Innermost Door. This thick stone door has the same appearance and properties as the one in area 14a. 14c. Hall of Stone Big Xorn
today) shortly before the kingdom’s destruction 2,500 years ago. The Melairkyn dwarves found it in damaged condition and planned to return it to the elves as a gift after repairing it. Dwarven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. Doing so caused the matching grin on the base to open. Many years ago, the heavy statue toppled. One foot remained affixed to the base, distorting the metal when the statue fell. The top of the head
statue to open the mouth, ushered their prisoners inside, then closed the mouth. They then broke off the lever and hid it in the Occluding Miasma, under guard, until they could return for it. The hammering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
that the city of Making was at the epicenter of whatever caused the Mourning. The cataclysm reshaped the terrain around the city, creating the great highland formation known as the Glass Plateau. The
was once the capital of Cyre. Now it lies empty, seemingly waiting along the Cyre River for its people to return. Parts of Metrol have been shattered, their buildings crushed and tumbled by whatever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
three decades, is in turmoil. Azrok was recently forced to give up a portion of his domain to encroaching drow, and did so with nary a fight. This has sent shock waves through his legion. What caused
) as a manner of protocol. After Azrok guarantees their safety in his settlement, Lurkana takes them aside and offers a reward for the safe return of her husband’s magic dagger. She emphasizes that