before better devoid correct relate

Hint Checks

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

example, “lizard” for “newt”). Intelligence (Investigation) DC 10. After a few riddles are answered correctly, a character notices that all the answers relate to eyes. Wisdom (Insight) DC 15. After

one or more correct answers are given, the character realizes that each answer corresponds to a cardinal direction.

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

others can be exploited through bribes, favors, or threats. As creatures devoid of emotion, yuan-ti exhibit behavior and use tactics that exemplify that outlook (or lack of one). Whether in combat

odds aren’t in their favor. A short retreat might be just the thing to reach a better tactical position, find allies, or to allow the yuan-ti the opportunity to study their opponents and

Approaching the Mine

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

opening appears devoid of life: The entrance to the gem mine is an open tunnel in a hillside. Empty carts are parked near the entrance, next to which a crude wooden sign has been propped up. Written on

like dragon!” “Trex smart! He speaks like human who knows a lot. He don’t speak Dragon no more.” “Trex says miners want their mine back. Trex wants something better in return.” “Trex says we be safer in town. There’s food in town!”

Carnival Owners

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

Carnival Owners The owners of the Witchlight Carnival are a pair of shadar-kai (elves native to the Shadowfell) named Mister Witch and Mister Light. Witch is matter-of-fact and devoid of pretense

. The two carnivals crossed paths many years ago, and after much wine was consumed, the owners could not agree on which carnival was the better of the two, so they decided it would be great fun to swap

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

provoke retaliatory attacks from the creatures they steal from. It’s better to be cautious and overlooked than to be considered dangerous and a threat. In a couple of situations, kobolds might

this traitor onto their winged kin. Kobold Names Kobold names are derived from the Draconic tongue and usually relate to a characteristic of the owner, such as scale color, distinctive body parts

Abandoned Camp

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

with them, these hunters can relate how the camp dissolved within hours after the discovery of the captured half-elf’s escape. Crates carried from the cave were loaded onto wagons or animals and hauled

to the west. A few raiders remain in the cave: the Wearer of Purple (Mondath), the “dragon-man” (Cyanwrath), the better warriors, and the “dragon-dogs” (kobolds). As long as the cultists pay well for

Emotionless Evil

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

understand emotional connections in a detached, intellectual way, and recognize that these feelings in others can be exploited through bribes, favors, or threats. As creatures devoid of emotion, yuan-ti

own lives much too highly to risk them when the odds aren’t in their favor. A short retreat might be just the thing to reach a better tactical position, find allies, or to allow the yuan-ti the

Abandoned Camp

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

with them, these hunters can relate how the camp dissolved within hours after the discovery of the captured half-elf’s escape. Crates carried from the cave were loaded onto wagons or animals and hauled

to the west. A few raiders remain in the cave: the Wearer of Purple (Mondath), the “dragon-man” (Cyanwrath), the better warriors, and the “dragon-dogs” (kobolds). As long as the cultists pay well for

Needle's Bones

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

stout vines, so climbing into or out of the grotto is easy and automatically successful. The bones are the remains of Ormalagos, an adult green dragon better known during her lifetime as Needle. She used

from below, the Batiri showered Needle with spears from above until she finally died. Nearly the entire goblin tribe perished in the fight, too. The characters’ first impression of the water is correct

Asmodeus

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

traditions of the Nine Hells, compelled to adhere to law and to maintain the devils’ trafficking in souls. If he violated those laws, he would be no better than the demons he fought. Mortals who refused a

place is devoid of activity, since Asmodeus values his privacy and safety. The environment is a rocky wasteland, crisscrossed by deep fissures and lacking roads, bridges, and other means of passage

Tips for New Dungeon Masters

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

the characters have hit the creature at least once, allowing players to know without asking if attacks made against the creature hit or miss. Hit Points. It’s better not to tell players how many hit

option works better if you expect the current game session to focus entirely on one chapter of the adventure.) MAKING MISTAKES Dungeon Masters are fallible, just like everyone else, and even the most

Into the Doomvault

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

righteousness colored by fatalism. Her belief is that death is better than being raised as another of Szass Tam’s undead servants. With the characters, she is honest and forthright, as well as cynical

ignorance is an intentional part of the dungeon’s security structure. If given time, however, she can confirm Doomvault lore that the characters learn. Syranna can relate the following information to

Xen'drik

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

relics of the ancient giants weren’t meant for the eyes of prying adventurers. No one knows better than the scholars of Morgrave University how to circumvent those barriers and plunder the continent’s

of House Phiarlan suggest a connection between the ancestors of that house and Bazek Mohl, leading scholars to believe that the Mark of Shadow might relate to the shadow magic of this place. Mel-Aqat

A Disorienting Orientation

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

kept waiting in a conference room at Head Office. Read or paraphrase the following to begin: Your inquiries into internships and franchise opportunities at Acquisitions Incorporated have gone even better

attempt to correct this misunderstanding, he ignores them. The CEO of Acquisitions Incorporated has important business to deal with, and can’t be bothered with such trifles. When visiting Head Office

Mountain Encounters

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

rare or better magic item, the dragon shares this fact and points the characters in the right direction. She then advises them to follow the bats, adding a few barbs about how they’d be doomed without

where the caverns are located and can point the characters in the correct direction, but she and the other gnomes avoid the area. Hermit A nameless, wizened hermit (neutral good, human archmage) lives in

Other Nonplayer Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

let people know why she was angry, so they can correct their behavior in the future. She will not tolerate bullying. Werond Torohar (Female Human Teamster). Quiet, unassuming Werond Torohar can

handle a team of horses or mules better than anyone on the Trade Way. She has an uncanny knack for making animals understand what she wants from them with only a twitch on the reins, a whistle, and a snap

Other Nonplayer Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

people know why she was angry, so they can correct their behavior in the future. She will not tolerate bullying. Werond Torohar (Female Human Teamster). Quiet, unassuming Werond Torohar can handle a

team of horses or mules better than anyone on the Trade Way. She has an uncanny knack for making animals understand what she wants from them with only a twitch on the reins, a whistle, and a snap of her

Factions

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

Order of the Gauntlet hopes to expand its influence in the region by joining the Knights to its cause. In the western Sumber Hills, the order has little political influence. It hopes to correct this

Uthgardt to be little better than orcs. Two tribes are the most troublesome to folk of the Dessarin Valley: the Tree Ghosts and the Elk. See chapter 2 for more about the Uthgardt.

Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

, and metal-tipped arrows have been turned over to them. The lizardfolk are much better armed at this point than they let on to either the bullywugs or the cultists. When the time comes to move against

privately, but he is in a better position to force answers out of the characters. This assumes the characters are at Castle Naerytar posing as cultists or hiding among the lizardfolk. If they’re

Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

, spears, daggers, shields, and metal-tipped arrows have been turned over to them. The lizardfolk are much better armed at this point than they let on to either the bullywugs or the cultists. When the time

questions, again privately, but he is in a better position to force answers out of the characters. This assumes the characters are at Castle Naerytar posing as cultists or hiding among the lizardfolk

Upper Levels and Cellar

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

sunken Tammeraut. Most of the journal is moldy and illegible. The last few pages are intact, and they relate the events surrounding the coming of Tammeraut: Our worst fears are confirmed. Virgil has

succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or take 18 (4d8) necrotic damage. A failed save likely kills him. Morley fared better and has lost only 1 point of Constitution and Charisma. He must make

Barn Door Locations

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

scimitar attack but dealing bludgeoning damage. After the fight, or as the characters get a better look at the room during the fight, add the following: Against the far wall, a wooden staircase covered

to Success: Test rockets! Separate Barn Door from foundation! Set correct coordinates! Set countdown timer for 60 minutes! Evacuate underlevel! Tie self to command chair! Blast off

Palace Garden Locations

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

know better than to enter the palace without an invitation. Badger Minstrels. Each of these four badgers received one of Skabatha Nightshade’s awaken spells, which granted it an Intelligence of 10 and

two forms: one made of silver needles, the other of golden roses.” “To transform the crown of needles into its gold form, it must be placed on the brow of the correct iron guardian. Which of us, Envy

Adventure Models

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

and a dragon are oblivious to the destruction they’re causing Delve into the Past The best reason for delving into the past is to discover a path to a better future. —Diancastra In the world of

the sigil sequence for a teleportation circle. 4 An enormous stone archway is carved with symbols that, when touched in the correct sequence, activate a portal. 5 A strange map shows a road where no

Daoine Gloine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

beneath a deadly layer of clear gelatinous ooze — perfectly preserved, eerily staged, and utterly devoid of anything organic. The kenku that once occupied Daoine Gloine have all long been turned to glass or

streets. O2. Tower Level As the characters draw closer to the city, they get a better view of the stone towers rising above the ooze. Many of the glass statues set along the exteriors of the towers are

Ascendant Factions

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

Fraternity of Order both relate to the Seekers, while the Bleak Cabal and Heralds of Dust oppose them. Society of Sensation Who Find Truth Only in Experience Factol: Erin Darkflame Montgomery

Headquarters: Civic Festhall Aligned Plane: Arborea Members: Artists, entertainers, revelers Epithet: Sensates The Society of Sensation perceives the multiverse through experiences—the more varied, the better

Dragon Organizations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Dragon Organizations The only thing better than getting a dragon involved …is getting five dragons involved! -Fizban Most dragons are solitary, living alone or keeping company with only a single

of the Dragon to alter the cult’s foundational beliefs. The Dragon Queen steered this prophet, named Severin, to the correct translation of the cult’s foundational prophecy: “…naught will be left

House of Cards Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

-foot-deep pit filled with grinding, blood-stained gears. The walls are metal cards devoid of grip. Like the Sun and Moon rooms (areas 4 and area 5), this chamber is an elaborate trap. See the Balance

. “Hello!” the newcomer says brightly. “You’re uninvited, but if you answer my riddle, or better yet tell me one of your own, you can make yourself at home!” The gregarious little man is Bindle, a

Paliset Hall Locations

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

and her simulacrum know the correct combination of letters (although “OAK” is a direct reference to the magic painting in area P10). The safe has no mechanisms that a thief can exploit using thieves

you can see, is highly unstable. I thought I could keep the diamond safe, but I couldn’t resist showing it off from time to time. I let my vanity get the better of me.” The Entity. “Something alien and

Locations on the Second Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

then slip away—but until then she will help the characters to the best of her ability (both to better her own chances of staying alive in this awful place and to win their trust). During this time she

graven signs and sigils. A casting of detect magic reveals that the glyphs radiate an aura of conjuration magic. If the correct pair of glyphs are touched, the creature touching them will be

Areas of the Water Temple

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

and lakes on this level. Its inaccessibility makes it an ideal place for Gar Shatterkeel to hoard the better part of the water cult’s treasure. He is beyond such cares, but he realizes that wealth is

Evil Water,” or “water.” What are you? The proper answer is “I am nothing.” What lies below? The correct answer is “the Fane of the Eye” or “the Elder Elemental Eye.” If the party can’t answer any of the questions, the mezzoloth attacks. It fights to the death.

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