before being declaring can replicas

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

enjoy simple yet lovely jewelry. A Timeless Perspective Elves can live well over 700 years, giving them a broad perspective on events that might trouble the shorter-lived races more deeply. They are

learning a new skill or art, elves can be focused and relentless. They are slow to make friends and enemies, and even slower to forget them. They reply to petty insults with disdain and to serious

Kenku Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

copy existing items with exceptional skill, allowing them to become excellent artisans and scribes. They can copy books, make replicas of objects, and otherwise thrive in situations where they can

reputation that is not wholly unearned, but they can prove to be valuable allies. An Ancient Curse The kenku once served a mysterious, powerful entity on another plane of existence. Some believe they

Hopeless Plagiarists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

scribes. They can copy books, make replicas of objects, and otherwise thrive in situations where they can produce large numbers of identical items. Few kenku find this work satisfying, since their quest for the freedom of flight makes them ill-suited to settle into a routine.

effective planning or crafting long-term schemes. Although unable to speak in their own voices, kenku can perfectly mimic any sound they hear, from a halfling’s voice to the noise of rocks clattering

Using the Maps

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

don’t need to be exact replicas of the originals, and you can alter their features as you see fit. Omit details that aren’t readily visible (such as secret doors and other hidden features) until the

locations on a given map, you can redraw portions of the map on graph paper, a wet-erase mat, or another surface to help your players visualize locations that might have unusual shapes or features. Your maps

Ending the Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

Ending the Adventure ROCK GNOME RECLUSE The adventure can end in one of several ways. Ideally, it concludes with the defeat of Cryovain the white dragon, the completion of all the Phandalin quests

, or both. By then, the characters should be 6th level. Give the players a chance to wrap up loose ends before declaring the adventure over. For example, the characters might need to return to Phandalin

Forest Heart

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

them here. Once here, Nisha was attacked by a monstrous woman with gray skin that oozes crimson ichor, like the surrounding forest’s angul trees. The fiend seized the Riverine’s Shankha, declaring it

belonged to her. The fiend claimed this place marks the edge of the ruins of lost Manivarsha. The fiend said that if Nisha thinks she’s Manivarshi, then she can be a prisoner here for the rest of her days.

Arriving at the Casino

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

Arriving at the Casino The characters can take the carriage offered to them by Verity or find their own way to the casino. At a branch in the road, they see a freshly painted and lacquered sign

declaring, “This way to the Afterlife!” in gaudy, gold lettering, with an arrow pointing down the narrower branch. Characters who follow this route for a short distance come to a cobbled turnaround and lot

Conclusion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Conclusion Once the characters finish exploring, where they go next is up to them. Xoese-Addae is eager to take them back to Janya or can be convinced to escort them to the surface where they left

, declaring the Blackmist Way and the Blackthrone Arts will be a boon to Djaynai’s people and help protect its shores. The People’s Stewards hold a solemn ceremony of honor in Castle Djaynai followed by

Iroas's Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Iroas’s Villains Iroas, for all his love of justice and honor, is still a god of war. Anyone on the opposing side of Iroas’s forces can expect to face motivated, dedicated warriors. He is also quite

stubborn and takes losing a challenge personally, sometimes declaring a vendetta if he believes the challenge was won dishonorably. Iroas’s followers sometimes forsake mercy and compassion, as matters

Robust Patronage

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

everyone else to fall asleep. Other party members’ rations are for their own consumption, not for sacrificing to dark forces. No more declaring, “The sacrament is complete!” at the conclusion of

mysterious sylvan creatures that occasionally get up to harmless pranks. As a warlock of the Archfey, you know better — and are perfectly suited to lay the truth down whenever you can. You and your magic

Scarlet Coliseum

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, audience members can bet on which team will emerge victorious. At the conclusion of a match, audience members who bet on the winning team receive twice their initial bet. Entering the Coliseum It costs 15

stat block but have iron wings that give them a flying speed of 30 feet. If a participant wins a match but doesn’t wish to continue to the next tier, the participant can pay an exit fee of 15 talons

Mage Tower Practice

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

field to score a point. Participants can use magic or physical means to steal their opponents’ mascot and defend their own, but they can’t damage any participants, the mascots, the audience, or the

(Acrobatics), or Intelligence (Arcana) check, as chosen by the player. Using Magic. Instead of making an ability check, a character can cast a spell. The level of the spell determines the benefit: 1st or 2nd

Trades Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

academies, grocers, pottery stores, armor vendors — as long as it’s not illegal, you can find it in the Trades Ward. But if you are looking for something illegal, the Trades Ward is likely the place to get

a creature. Now, every four years, the ward reveals a new object for its mascot, declaring it to be the mimic. The nature of the object is subject to much speculation and rumor until its unveiling

Chaos Incarnate

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

accumulates changes to its form due to interaction with the energies of the Abyss. These long-lived demons often become demon lords, beings of such power that they can hold sway over entire realms within the

number and name the parts of the Abyss, declaring that this demon lord or that rules a portion of the place. When your house is on fire, does it matter what the flames look like in each room? Should you

Caer Locations (C1-C9)

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

seal off the castle. The gatehouse (area C6) holds the mechanisms that raise and lower the portcullises as well as open and close both sets of doors. Knock spells and similar magic can bypass these

barriers, which otherwise require siege engines to force open. Gate Guards. Characters who stand outside the main gate and announce their arrival can speak to the guards in the gatehouse. Unless Levistus

Palace of Spires Locations

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

them. The doors open for a creature only if that creature approaches the doors with no weapons bared. A character can force the doors open with a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check or with a

. The keys are metal replicas of the required leaves in lifelike detail. Unlike normal leaves, these keys aren’t consumed by the sundial and travel with the user to the destination. Treasure. The 20-foot

Jahaka Anchorage

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

anchor outside the harbor up to a mile away, ready to defend the anchorage. The third ship is always at sea, usually prowling for victims. You can randomly determine which ships are where. The captain of

stolen booty until it can be sold (area 4), a cell where captives are held until they’re ransomed or sold (area 5), and a tavern where the pirates carouse (areas 6A–area 6C). The three pirate

Super-Secret Basement

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

features. Light. The basement is dark. Torch sconces and hooks for lanterns can be found in each room, but no lanterns or torches are present. Ceiling. The ceilings in areas 1 through 3 are 10 feet high and

“modrons” found in this area are replicas crafted by Screve. Each uses the stat block of one type of modron from the Monster Manual with these changes: The creature is unaligned. It lacks truesight and

Museum Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

front doors. Front Doors. The museum’s front doors are locked from the inside. As an action, a character can try to pick the lock using thieves’ tools, doing so with a successful DC 16 Dexterity check

. A creature can use its action to make a DC 10 Strength check, freeing itself or another creature within its reach on a success. The net has AC 10 and 12 hit points. Creatures are no longer

Uthgardt Lands

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

, similar to what Black Lion has done at Beorunna’s Well. The other half of the tribe considers this act an insult to their totem, so they launch raids on the settlement, burning as much of it as they can

all but disappeared into the forest, although occasional reports reach civilization that they are still alive and can sometimes be seen clustered around the Grandfather Tree. Some sages postulate that

The Dark Seldarine

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

into a forgotten treasure trove, while a devoted priestess who offers long prayers and valuable sacrifices is consumed by a gelatinous cube. The entity’s random behavior can be an attraction to drow who

birth of gods can never be known for certain. Keptolo Keptolo shows the way. Feed the vanity of your mistress, and all her treasures shall be yours. Be careful whom you offend, and keep an expendable

Hive Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

possible, but those willing to risk the Hive can partake in its seedy establishments and hidden gems. Crime is commonplace in the Hive. Grifters, cutpurses, and miscreants band together in the

in need can find refuge and a warm meal. Hands of Havoc. Arson and vandalism are tools of the trade for the Hands of Havoc, a faction of rebels. In other wards, the Wreakers’ destructive activities

Lady's Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

interested parties. The dapper efreeti knows every weapon in the Sinker catalog and its price, from delicate jeweled daggers to massive siege weapons. Items small enough to display—or their replicas if too

allied faction, or an influential figure in Sigil, one can gain temporary protection services or extra muscle in the form of a few reliable guards who stubbornly obey every city ordinance. Fortune’s

Faerûn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Faerûn The vast central continent of Toril, Faerûn is a land mass divided by a great sea known as the Inner Sea, or the Sea of Fallen Stars. The lands beyond the North can be roughly divided into

for the “fat philosophers” of Heptios is widely known. Toreus welcomes all visitors, even those from lands that are despised or mistrusted, and foreign coin can buy nearly anything there. The

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