before being decide compelled rotting

Orcus Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

stench of rotting flesh, and buzzing flies grow thick within the region, even when there is no carrion to be found. If a humanoid spends at least 1 hour within 1 mile of the lair, that creature must

withdrawn and moody, dwelling on the insufferable state of life.” 21–40 “I am compelled to make the weak suffer.” 41–60 “I have no compunction against

Gruul Anarch

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Spell Level Spells Cantrip fire bolt, produce flame 1st compelled duel, speak with animals, thunderwave 2nd beast sense, shatter 3rd conjure animals

spiritual guidance at times. 5 Roll an additional Gruul contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival. 6 An Izzet scientist blames the Gruul for the destruction of his life’s

Golgari Agent

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

animate dead, plant growth 4th giant insect, grasping vine 5th cloudkill, insect plague Golgari magic is often accompanied by a sickly green glow and a rotting

. 4 Roll an additional Golgari contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival. 5 I joined the Gruul in a battle against the Boros once, and the chief of that small clan thanks

Designing Dungeon Rooms

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

sentries play a dice game, or it might be a pair of iron golems backed up by spellcasters hiding in balconies overhead. When you design a guard post, decide how many guards are on duty, note their

Passive Perception scores, and decide what they do when they notice intruders (see “Monster Behavior” in chapter 4). Some will rush headlong into a fight, while others will negotiate, sound an alarm, or

L3. Parlor

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

mimics in disguise. They are magically compelled to remain in this room and adhere to creatures only when Granny Nightshade orders them to do so. The mimics are trained in nonlethal combat

; characters reduced to 0 hit points by the mimics are stable rather than dying, giving the hag a chance to decide what to do with the unconscious victims. Dragon-in-the-Box. The wooden box with the crank is one

Nightspider Dead Ahead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

Moondancer (or after a few rounds of battle, if you decide to allow the characters and the neogi to clash), read: Suddenly, two galleons glide into view and begin pummeling the nightspider with ballista

characters allow him to do this is up to them. If Captain Sartell is compelled to refuse Daar’vik’s offer of escort (perhaps because someone is holding her ship hostage or using magic to control her

Entering Candlekeep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

or scroll, you decide whether the monks accept it as a gift. If the characters try to sneak or force their way into Candlekeep, the fortress’s defenses are brought to bear as described in the

. When the ogre attuned to it, the headband grew in size, allowing him to don it. As a genius, the ogre felt compelled to learn the error of his ways and seek out a better life. He adopted the name Little

78. Chapel of Hate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

bag, making sure that whatever is inside it is dead. Body Bag The leather body bag can be cut open to reveal an unconscious prisoner, whose identity is yours to decide. It might be Artus Cimber

using their horrid Rotting Gaze. If the characters unshackle them, the nothics loiter in the chapel and leave the party alone. They also provide the following helpful information if their liberators

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

the drawbridge creak in the wind, their rust-eaten iron straining with the weight. From atop the high strong walls, stone gargoyles stare at you from hollow sockets and grin hideously. A rotting wooden

and referee. The DM creates adventures for the characters, who navigate its hazards and decide which paths to explore. The DM might describe the entrance to Castle Ravenloft, and the players decide what

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

the drawbridge creak in the wind, their rust-eaten iron straining with the weight. From atop the high strong walls, stone gargoyles stare at you from hollow sockets and grin hideously. A rotting wooden

storyteller and referee. The DM creates adventures for the characters, who navigate its hazards and decide which paths to explore. The DM might describe the entrance to Castle Ravenloft, and the players decide

Possible Visions

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

can feel the life in the cavern rotting away, bursting with infection. A mushroom grows in the center of the cave, ever larger and taller, pustules forming and seeping as its stem thickens and its cap

King As much as the characters learned from fighting the Pudding King in Blingdenstone, they might decide to seek more knowledge of the mad svirfneblin or his fiendish master, Juiblex the Faceless

Places of Interest

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

The front door of the stonemason’s home and workshop gapes open, with the remains of the door lying several feet away and covered in long brown grass. The roof has caved in, and remnants of rotting

source of the disappearances, stop them, and rescue anyone she could. As it happened, she was the last villager taken by the meenlocks. If the characters decide to explore the house, see “Mayor

Spindle Cavern

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

spectators can’t decide which of them should guard the meteorite, and they are anxious for someone to help resolve their dispute. The gazers were drawn to the cavern by the spectators’ argument but lack the

learn the following information: Greelob and Orlob feel compelled to guard the meteorite because it seems like a worthwhile treasure to protect. However, neither spectator tolerates the other’s help

Fishbone Tavern

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

swooping over the fishing ships. A few lazy snowflakes fall from a cloudy sky as you approach the tavern’s front entrance — and a sign decorated with an actual rotting fish nailed to a board bearing the

characters decide to enter, Zurb opens the door for them. If the characters have befriended him, Zurb announces them as “really nice people that talked a lot.” This causes Fryer to shake her head in

Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Background Roll on the appropriate table in this section as soon as you decide your background, or at any later time if you choose. If a background includes a special decision point, such as a folk

comfortable with being isolated, as I seek inner peace. 3 I never liked the people I called my friends, so it was easy for me to strike out on my own. 4 I felt compelled to forsake my past, but did

Dhargun Ironworks

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

, the DM tells the player the secret and informs them that their character is compelled to fulfill that secret goal. For maximum entertainment value, wait until the triggering scene to tell the players

complete their honeymoon and decide where they’ll spend their lives as a couple. (The pressure from both families to choose one clan over the other is huge.) Gifts include furniture, art pieces, and

Temple of Tharizdun

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

meet once a week or more. This section assumes that no cultists are on site when the characters arrive, giving the party a chance to explore in relative peace. But if you decide so, the cultists could be

oppressive hallway reeks of mildew and rotting fish. The walls are severely stained, and the ceiling sags where pockets of water and fungus weigh it down. The sounds of creaking wood and dripping water

Travel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

occupy several game sessions. You decide how to break up the journey, though your decision can be shaped by the characters’ plan for navigating the journey. When the characters know the route they must

pass. In another, sunlight streams through the leaves above, and flower-laden vines twine up every trunk. Signs of corruption—rotting wood, foul-smelling water, and rocks covered with slimy moss—can

Wedding Itinerary

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

importance of the goal to the body they inhabit means that they are compelled to try to accomplish this goal. Players can share their secret goal with other individual players once they learn it, as long

damage a creature. (You can decide whether to allow Tannus to fight to protect himself or others, but should encourage the player running him to think about creative nonattack ways to influence the fight

Threshold Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

ceases attacking. If not attacked further, he shares his name and the following facts: He is magically compelled to serve a black-robed wizard named Lohezet. He’s wary of Lohezet’s co-commander

might make good on his word to leave, or he might ambush the characters later—he’ll decide after seeing how they fare against Belephaion. Scrying Mirrors. Lohezet has manipulated one of the mirrors to spy

Skytower Shelter Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

smaller folk. She is suspicious of strangers just as other members of her clan are, but at her age, she feels compelled to listen to what they have to say. She would very much like to see an end to the

until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the runestone die, but must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once the runestone die is rolled, it is lost, and the

Abyssal Prisons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

. Arena This area might once have been a columned temple. Its rotting tapestries show foul creatures tormenting humanoids in scenes of slaughter and sacrifice. At the center of this vast space, the stone

that approaches within 10 feet of the edge must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be compelled to leap into the pit (a creature ignores this effect if immune to being charmed). Such a creature

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

land. This particular ghost is all that remains of a person drained of life by Strahd (decide whether it’s a man or a woman). It appears and hisses, “No one will ever know you died here.” It then attacks

surprise when the characters decide to take a short or long rest. Otherwise, they wait until the characters are weakened by another random encounter before moving in for the easy kill. The werewolves

Traveling to Phandalin

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

addition, by earning Carkuss’s favor, the characters might see him when they need good fortune later, if you so decide. If the characters fail at any of these three tasks, one or more of them (at your

still and attack any humanoid creatures that approach them. Hoobur’s Mark. If the characters poke around the rotting flesh that fell of the horses during the battle, they see that each horse bore

The Fissure

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

such as rotting flesh, crumbling edifices, and political speeches. This trauma imposes disadvantage on initiative rolls. On a successful save, these visions put the character on edge, granting

1d4 rounds, as if affected by the polymorph spell. The snakes are compelled to attack any other creatures in the room. Treasure. In addition to opening the door, the key is worth 25 gp. RESTING No

Bathhouse Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

terrain thereafter. Regular doors are made of soft, rotting wood. Each door is a Medium object with AC 15, 5 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Secret doors are carved to look like

. D15. Flooded Room The flooded, rubble-strewn tunnels leading to and from this room narrow to a width of 2½ feet in places. Four rotting wooden beams rise from the murky water to brace the ceiling here

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

cumulative. If you have temporary hit points and receive more of them, you don’t add them together, unless a game feature says you can. You decide which temporary hit points to keep. As an example

on a grid, unless the DM says effects snap to the grid. There are many ways to position that cube. Can a creature under the effect of compelled duel teleport more than 30 feet away from the caster? No

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

with no choice but to keep coming back. Jopalin personally watches over the customers and ensures that only those who seem vulnerable get the “special” tea, avoiding suspicion from any who might decide

blind, biting shrimp that dwell there. Though long-term incarceration is rare in the city, there are always a few inmates rotting in these cells, ranging from petty criminals to political prisoners

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

customers and ensures that only those who seem vulnerable get the “special” tea, avoiding suspicion from any who might decide to fight back if the truth were to come out. Jopalin also runs a more

always a few inmates rotting in these cells, ranging from petty criminals to political prisoners locked away on trumped-up charges. Characters who run seriously afoul of the law in Baldur’s Gate might wind

The Seldarine

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

followers will straighten things up, bring fresh flowers, and refresh offerings of food, water, and wine. Especially vigilant individuals might even decide to clean up after others who carelessly spill a

moon. Above a full moon, when it is most often detected, it means that an elf of great importance and advanced age will soon journey to Arvandor. Elves who see the sign might be compelled to seek out

Tomb Locations

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

ability check, attack roll, or saving throw it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the number, but it must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds

panel along one wall of the room can be noted with a successful DC 25 Wisdom (Perception) check. It slides open to reveal a meditation room (area T3a) that holds a number of rotting cushions and two

Cave Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

excavated rock faces. This maze of passages is an old section of Wave Echo Cave’s original mine site. Lurking in one dead end is an ochre jelly. (You can decide the jelly’s exact location.) When

ruined stone bunks and toppled weapon racks are eight corpses, including the rotting remains of two ogres. In the round after any living creature enters this chamber, the dead creatures clamber to

Red Larch Locations

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

that aren’t relevant to the part of the adventure you’re running now. You can assume that the Believers decide to keep a low profile as long as adventurers are asking questions about the missing

meet him in more unpleasant circumstances in area T3 of the Tomb of Moving Stones (see chapter 6). 22. Vallivoe’s Sundries Aside from the bewildering profusion of doors, barrels, rotting old furniture

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

to us, I shall grant you a reward. Meepo can accompany you if you desire.” If the characters decide to go looking for the dragon, the kobolds direct them toward the passage that connects area 15 and

feather token (tree), three spell scrolls (mage armor, spider climb, and knock), and a small flask that contains three doses of elixir of health. 22. Larder The odor of rotting meat permeates this

Locations E - H

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

characters decide to call in the favor, Dral contacts his employers, and High Captain Horix Zoar does everything in his power to give the characters what they want, provided it’s within his power and isn’t

wooden palisade topped with the rotting heads of dead orcs encircles a hilltop village of huts and longhouses in the northern part of the Surbrin Hills. Roughly three hundred Uthgardt of the Griffon

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